Álvaro Siza
architect (*)
names
Álvaro Siza
Alvaro Siza
Álvaro (Joaquim) (de Melo) Siza Vieira
Álvaro Siza y Vieira
Alvaro Siza
Álvaro (Joaquim) (de Melo) Siza Vieira
Álvaro Siza y Vieira
lifetime
* June 25, 1933 Matosinhos
info
Portuguese architect, active in Porto
time line
| period | description |
|---|---|
| 1949–1955 | Studium an der Architekturschule der Universität Porto. |
| 1966–1969 | Lehrtätigkeit an der Architekturschule der Universität Porto. |
| from 1976 | Professor an der Architekturschule der Universität Porto. |
texts
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Honors among other things:
Price for architecture of the Portuguese section that internationally Association of kind Critics;
Price of the Portuguese architect combination (1987);
Gold medal of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Espana (1988);
Gold medal of the Alvar Aalto Foundation;
Prince of Wales Prize;
European Award of Architecture of the Economic European Community/Mies van the raw donation, Barcelona.
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projects
- Municipal Library
2006-08
Viana do Castelo, Portugal
- Iberê Camargo Foundation
1998-2008
Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Sports & Multiuse Arena
2006-07
Gondomar, Portugal
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Armanda Passos Residence
2005
Porto, Portugal
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Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina
2004-05
Naples, Italy
- The Prado Museum Extension
-2005, 1996-2001
Madrid, Spain
- Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2004
2004 [wieder abgebaut]
London, Great Britain
- São Bento subway station
2003
Porto, Portugal
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Wohnhaus in Vila Nova de Famalicao
2000
Vila Nova de Familacão, Portugal
- Portuguese Pavilion
1999-2000 [rebuilt]
Coimbra, Portugal; Hanover, Germany
- Rectorate of the University of Alicante
1999
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Stadterneuerung in Salemi
1999
Salemi, Italy
- Faculty of Information Sciences
1993-99
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Serralves Foundation
1991-99
Porto, Portugal
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Santa Maria del Rosario di Pompei alla Magliana
1998
Rome, Italy
- Villa Colonnese
1998 [project]
Vicenza, Italy
- Portuguese Pavilion, EXPO 98
1997-98
Lisbon, Portugal
- Architect's Architectural Office
1993-98
Porto, Portugal
- Baixa/Chiado Underground Station
1992-98
Lisbon, Portugal
- Boavista Residential Complex
1991-98
Porto, Portugal
- Céramique Apartment and Office Building
1990-98
Maastricht, Netherlands
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Cultural Center and Park
1997
Vila do Conde, Portugal
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Hotel
1997
- Manzana del Revellín Cultural Centre
1997 [project]
Ceuta, Spain
- Renovation and Extension to Stedelijk Museum
1997 [project]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Serralves Museum
1996-97
Porto, Portugal
- Revigrés Building
1993-97
Águeda, Portugal
- Church and Parochial Centre
1990-97
Marco de Canavezes, Portugal
- Pier in Thessalonika
1996 [project]
Thessaloniki, Greece
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Bürgerzentrum
1995
Caorle, Italy
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Aveiro University Library
1994
Aveiro, Portugal
- Water Tower
1994
Aveiro, Portugal
- van Middelem-Dupont house
1994, 1997
Oudenburg, Belgium
- Vitra Factory
1994
Weil am Rhein, Germany
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Aveiro University
1985-94
Aveiro, Portugal
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Manuel Cargaleiro Foundation
1993 [project]
Lisbon, Portugal
- Faculty of Architecture Porto
1990-93
Porto, Portugal
- Galician Center of Contemporary Art
1988-93
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Vieira de Castro House
1985-93
Vila Nova de Familacão, Portugal
- College of Education of Setúbal
1986-92
Setúbal, Portugal
- Quinta da Malagueira residential complex
1977-92
Évora, Portugal
- Vitra Factory
1990
Weil am Rhein, Germany
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Sanierungsprojekt Portal de Riquer
1989
Porto, Portugal
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Two Houses
1985-89
The Hague, Netherlands
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4 nach dem Brand zerstörte Blöcke
1988
Lisbon, Portugal
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«Joao de Deus» Kindergarden
1984-88
Peñafiel, Portugal
- Residential complex Schilderswijk West - »Full Stop and Comma«
1983-88
The Hague, Netherlands
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Banco Borges & Irmao III
1976-86
Vila do Conde, Portugal
- Carlos Ramos Pavilion (Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto)
1985
Porto, Portugal
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Cultural Center in Sines
1982-85
Sines, Portugal
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awards
| year | description | section | level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Pritzker Price | ||
| 1998 | Praemium Imperiale | architecture | |
| 1988 | Alvar Aalto Medal | ||
| 2009 | Gold medal, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) |
address
- Portugal
- country
- Douro Litoral
- state (first-order administrative division)
- Porto
- county (second-order administrative division)
- Porto
- city
- Lordelo do Ouro
- district
- Rua do Aleixo 53-2o
- street
- +351 2 6167270
- phone
- +351 2 6167279
- fax
- are-siza-etuu[at]ululz-mail.telepac.pt
- http://www.alvarosiza.com
- website / homepage
- Portugal
- country
- Douro Litoral
- state (first-order administrative division)
- Porto
- county (second-order administrative division)
- Porto
- city
- Rua da Alegria 399 A - 2ø
- street
- +351 2 570850
- phone
- +351 2 5103518
- fax
publications
- Barragan
The Complete Works
L. Barragán, Á. Siza, A. Toca Fernández, J. M. Buendia, M. Yampolsky
Princeton Architectural Press; 1996
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Alvaro Siza
Writings on Architecture
Á. Siza, A. Angelillo
Skira Editore; 1998
- Siza Architecture Writings
Á. Siza, L. Molinari
Skira Editore; 1997
- Alvaro Siza
Inside the City
Á. Siza, M. Dubois
Watson-Guptill Publications; 1998
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Alvaro Siza
Professione poetica | Poetic profession
Á. Siza, K. Frampton
Electa; 1986
- Luis Barragán
Das Gesamtwerk
Á. Siza, R. Rispa
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1996
- 78 Farb- und 190 sw-Abbildungen.
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Alvaro Siza 1954-1976
Á. Siza, L. Trigueiros
GG Editorial Gustavo Gili; 1998
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Alvaro Siza
Works and Projects 1976-1995
Á. Siza
Electa; 1995
-
Alvaro Siza
Works & Projects 1954-1992
Á. Siza, J. P. dos Santos, K. Frampton, S. Dos
GG Editorial Gustavo Gili; 1994
- Alvaro Siza
Das Gesamtwerk
Á. Siza, K. Frampton
DVA; 2000
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Francesco Venezia
Á. Siza, F. Venezia
GG Editorial Gustavo Gili; 1993
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El Chiado Lisboa
la estrategia de la memoria
Á. Siza
Delegación en Granada del Colegio de Arquitectos : Sociedade Lisboa 94 : Junta de Andalucia, Consejería de Obras Públicas y Transportes; 1994
- Alvaro Siza
The Complete Works
Á. Siza, K. Frampton
Phaidon Press Inc.; 2000
- 220 colour illustrations, 145 b&w illustrations, 300 line drawings
- Alvaro Siza
Á. Siza, D. Malagamba, A. Cuito
te Neues Publishing Company; 2002
- Alvaro Siza
1986-1995
A. Dias, Á. Siza, C. Gänshirt, J. Sainz, J. Falgueras, C. Castanheira, I. Pubino, L. Trigueiros, M. C. Matos, M. J. Nuno
Gingko Press; 1998
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Alvaro Siza
Figures and Configurations, Projects and Buildings, 1986-1988
Á. Siza, J. P. dos Santos, W. Wang, A. A. Costa, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, M. Reeve
Rizzoli; 1988
- Alvaro Siza
Á. Siza, B. Fleck
Routledge; 1995
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Professione Poetica | Poetic Profession
Á. Siza, K. Frampton, N. Portas, A. A. Costa
Rizzoli; 1987
- City Sketches | Stadtskizzen | Desenhos Urbanos
Á. Siza, W. Wang, B. Bleck
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1996
- Alvaro Siza
Á. Siza, P. Jodidio
Taschen Verlag; 2003
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Three projects
in: assemblage, 1987,2
Á. Siza
page 62–95
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Gregotti Associati e Manuel Salgado: centro culturale di Belém, Lisbona
in: Domus, 1992,738
V. Gregotti, Á. Siza
page 25–37
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Vom Sinn des Details - 16 Statements
in: Detail: Vom Sinn des Details | The Purpose of Details, 8/2000
K. Ackermann, R. Koolhaas, T. Ando, M. von Gerkan, Á. Siza, K. J. Schattner, T. Ito, K. Sejima, J. Schlaich, mvrdv, G. Perraudin, A. Hunt, C. Ingenhoven, M. Cucinella
page 1426–1438
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Alvaro Siza 1954-1988
in: A+U: extra edition, 6/1989
V. Gregotti, Á. Siza, K. Frampton, W. Wang, T. Nakamura
page 1–245
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Le nouvel hôtel de ville de Matosinhos [Portugal]
in: AMC - Architecture, mouvement, continuite, 1988,21
Á. Siza, E. Souto de Moura, R. Eugène
page 32–41
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Six textes by [Alvaro Siza]
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1991,278
Á. Siza
page 66–68
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Special issue: Alvaro Siza
in: A+U, 12/1980,123
Á. Siza, T. Toshiaki
page 7–80
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Viagem
in: Quaderns d'arquitectura i urbanisme, 1989,181-182
Á. Siza
page 82–85
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Il quartiere Malagueira
in: Casabella, 1982,478
Á. Siza, J. P. Rayon
page 2–15
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Quello che è | What it is
in: Lotus International: L'altra urbanistica | The other city planning, 1989,64
Á. Siza
page 38–39
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La forma del mar la hacen las casas | The shape of the sea is envinced by the houses
in: Urbanismo revista, 1987,5
Á. Siza
page 42–45
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Gregotti en el estuario: Centro cultural de Belém
in: Arquitectura viva, 1992,27
Á. Siza
page 42–45
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L'isola proletaria come elemento base del tessuto urbano
in: Lotus International: Rinnovo urbano | Urban renewal, 1976,13
Á. Siza
page 80–93
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L'accumulazione degli indizi
in: Casabella, 1984,498-499
Á. Siza
page 84–91
references
- Alvaro Siza
Á. Siza, P. Jodidio
Taschen Verlag; 2003
-
Alvaro Siza
Professione poetica | Poetic profession
Á. Siza, K. Frampton
Electa; 1986
-
Alvaro Siza
Writings on Architecture
Á. Siza, A. Angelillo
Skira Editore; 1998
- Siza Architecture Writings
Á. Siza, L. Molinari
Skira Editore; 1997
-
Alvaro Siza
Y. Futagawa
A.D.A. Edita Tokyo Company Ltd; 1998
- Alvaro Siza
Inside the City
Á. Siza, M. Dubois
Watson-Guptill Publications; 1998
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Architektur in Europa seit 1968
A. Tzonis, L. Lefaivre
Campus Verlag; 1992
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Alvaro Siza
Works and Projects 1976-1995
Á. Siza
Electa; 1995
-
Alvaro Siza
Works & Projects 1954-1992
Á. Siza, J. P. dos Santos, K. Frampton, S. Dos
GG Editorial Gustavo Gili; 1994
-
Alvaro Siza
Works and Projects
P. De Llano
Sociedad Editorial Eleca Espana; 1999
- Alvaro Siza Works & Projects 1954-1992
J. P. dos Santos
GG Editorial Gustavo Gili; 1994
- Alvaro Siza
B. Fleck, P. Testa
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1992
- Alvaro Siza
Das Gesamtwerk
Á. Siza, K. Frampton
DVA; 2000
-
Alvaro Siza
B. Fleck
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1992
-
Professione Poetica | Poetic Profession
Á. Siza, K. Frampton, N. Portas, A. A. Costa
Rizzoli; 1987
-
Alvaro Siza
P. Testa
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1996
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Alvaro Siza
All the Houses
Gingko Press; 1900
- Alvaro Siza
Private Houses
A. Cianchetta, F. Molteni
Skira Editore; 2004
- Alvaro Siza
The Complete Works
Á. Siza, K. Frampton
Phaidon Press Inc.; 2000
- 220 colour illustrations, 145 b&w illustrations, 300 line drawings
-
Alvaro Siza em Matosinhos
A. A. Costa
Contemporánea Editora; 1996
- Alvaro Siza
P. Jodidio
Taschen Verlag; 1999
- Alvaro Siza
Á. Siza, D. Malagamba, A. Cuito
te Neues Publishing Company; 2002
- Alvaro Siza
Á. Siza, B. Fleck
Routledge; 1995
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Architekten - Alvaro Siza Vieira.
IRB Verlag; 2005
- tagesaktuell
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Alvaro Siza 1954-1976
Á. Siza, L. Trigueiros
GG Editorial Gustavo Gili; 1998
-
Alvaro Siza
Figures and Configurations, Projects and Buildings, 1986-1988
Á. Siza, J. P. dos Santos, W. Wang, A. A. Costa, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, M. Reeve
Rizzoli; 1988
- Alvaro Siza
1986-1995
A. Dias, Á. Siza, C. Gänshirt, J. Sainz, J. Falgueras, C. Castanheira, I. Pubino, L. Trigueiros, M. C. Matos, M. J. Nuno
Gingko Press; 1998
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du - Zeitschrift für Kultur: Santiago de Compostela, Galicien & der Architekt Alvaro Siza, 1997
- El Croquis: Alvaro Siza, 1994,68/69
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A+U: Alvaro Siza, 1991
- El Croquis: Alvaro Siza 1995-1999, 2/1999,95
- Website von Alvaro Siza
http://www.alvarosiza.com
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Entrevista Alvaro Siza
in: Arquitectura: revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, 1988,271-272
S. de la Mata, F. Porras
page 172–197
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Los muebles de Siza
in: Arquitectura: revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, 1986,261
page 79–81
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Distinctions: le prix Carlsberg à Ando, et le Pritzker à Siza
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1992,281
page 44
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Alvaro Siza 1954-1988
in: A+U: extra edition, 6/1989
V. Gregotti, Á. Siza, K. Frampton, W. Wang, T. Nakamura
page 1–245
-
Alvaro Siza Vieira
in: Arquitectura: revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, 1986,261
L. M. Mansilla
page 41
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In praise of Siza
in: Design quarterly, 1992,156
K. Frampton
page 2–5
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The architecture of Alvaro Siza
in: Thresholds, 1984
P. Testa
page 7–191
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On Alvaro Siza
in: Arkkitehti, 4/1988
K. Frampton
page 24–33
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Pritzer prize til Alvara Siza
in: Arkitekten, 9/1992
page 268
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Alvaro Siza e la stategia della memoria
in: Industria delle costruzioni, 1991,235
D. Mandolesi
page 70–71
- exhibition review
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Alvaro Siza: recente projecten 1980-1990
in: Archis, 8/1990
P. Uyttenhove
page 8–9
- exhibition review
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Portugal, events and echoes
in: Domus, 1984,655
D. Vitale
page 2–5
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Hommage: Alvaro Siza: Werkschau im Centre Pompidou, Paris, bis 3.9.1990
in: db, 8/1990
H. Fischer
page 121
- exhibition review
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De bevrijding van de hand: de schetsen van Alvaro Siza
in: Archis, 9/1991
M. Dubois
page 44–47
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Arquitectos de Oporto: Tavora, Siza, Souto-Moura; una identidad no lineal
in: Arquitectura: revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, 1986,261
W. Wang
page 18–21
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El corredor de fondo: Alvaro Siza, premio Pritzker
in: Arquitectura viva, 1992,24
J. Isasi
page 54–55
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Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza wins Pritzker
in: Progressive Architecture, 6/1992
A. Bussel
page 25–26
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Il Pritzker Prize 1992 assegnato ad Alvaro Siza
in: Domus, 1992,740
page 11
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