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Architect Alvaro Siza Vieira was born in Matosinhos, a small town. He graduated in architecture in 1955, at the former School of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, the current FAUP – Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto.
He completed his first built work – four houses in Matosinhos – before ending his studies in 1954, the same year that he first opened his architectural practice in Porto.
Tea for Two/Chá para Dois, Glasgow architectural exhibition. Two of Europe’s most celebrated architects: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Pritzker Prize winner Álvaro Siza Vieira, one of the great figures of contemporary architecture
New photos of restoration of first building design by Álvaro Siza Vieira architect, from 1963. A casual pavilion, snuggled into a rocky promontory on Portugal’s Atlantic coast, tea house building designs left to be vandalized and gutted
Leça Swimming Pools in Portugal, landscape design by architect Alvaro Siza Vieira along coastal avenue: building mass set below road level to allow uninterrupted view to sea
The Nadir Afonso Foundation building design by Alvaro Siza Vieira is built in Portugal with structural white concrete walls; the roof is covered almost completely in pebbles, with zinc plate over skylights and machine room
Travelling exhibition Alvaro Siza Viagem sem Programa opened in Siena, Italy. It’s curated by Greta Ruffino and Raul Betti and organized by the Municipality of Siena and ProViaggiArchitettura
A typiclaly purist white building by celebrated Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. Simple concrete forms are located in a neighborhood south of Rennes, unusually the central space is circular rather than his usual rectilinear geometry
Limited edition collector’s box, architecture book contains 3 different, innovative and contemporary views on work of architect Álvaro Siza Vieira through photography, text and illustration
The Llinars Auditorium building design by Álvaro Siza Vieira Arquitectos is part of a public investment in cultural facilities. It consists of two volumes, one for the auditorium and another for offices and technical area
Alvaro Siza Complete Works 1952-2013 by Philip Jodidio: architecture book about famous Portuguese architect, Portugal architectural publication info & images
Álvaro Siza architecture discussion by Dr. Peter Magyar – article re building design, homage to architectural approach of Portuguese architect
Portuguese Pavilion for Expo 1998 Lisbon, Portugal design by Álvaro Siza Vieira architect – Portuguese Pavilion Expo Lisbon, Pavilhão de Portugal, Siza building. In 1999 it reopened as Parque das Nações (Park of the Nations), a free-access park
“Alvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa” is the title of the collateral event that Fondazione Querini Stampalia will be hosting from August 29 to November 11, 2012. The preview of the exhibition is on August 27 and 28, 2012
Vidago Palace Spa building: in stark contrast to the main building’s Belle Epoque opulence, this is a minimalist oasis of clean lines and white marble designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Álvaro Siza Vieira
Built to solve the lack of working conditions and space for the development of educational activity of the newly created FAUP and limited by the constraints of a very modest budget, the Carlos Ramos Pavilion would become a reference in Alvaro Siza work
New OrleansTower: for its 6th edition, AFFR has opted for most spectacular part of Rotterdam, The Netherlands: the new LantarenVenster of architect Álvaro Siza at the Wilhelminapier
Llobregat Sports Centre building design by Alvaro Siza Vieira architect – Llobregat architecture, Barcelona pool, Cornella, Spain: £14m sport facility contains 40,000 sqm of space, and is designed using simple forms in fair-faced concrete
RIBA Gold Medal 2009 Winner, Alvaro Siza Vieira architect from Portugal, Royal Institute of British Architects – UK architecture awards, key projects by Siza. This Portuguese architectural studio, located in Porto