With a crystal clear layout strengthened by remarkably easy to read plans and elevations along with heavy set, grainy photographs, Darco delivers a new perspective to the architectural monograph for which the works of Aires Mateus are particularly suited. Here, a collection of their public works and projects have been collected, with a particular eye to how the office, aside from architectural form, responds to increasingly complex orders. A total of 16 projects are examined, the majority for projects in Portugal, including designs for the Biscaia Restaurant and Hotel, The Santa Marta Lighthouse Museum, the Lisbon Central Library and Archive, the Parque de los Cuentos Museum in Malaga, and a massive multifunctional building project in Dubai.