Álvaro Siza Vieira

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Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, (born 25 June 1933 in Matosinhos), who signs as Álvaro Siza Vieira (pron. IPA: ['aɫvɐɾu 'sizɐ vi'ɐiɾɐ]) and is sometimes known as Álvaro Siza, is a contemporary Portuguese architect. His poetic modernism draws on context to illuminate universal conditions. Along with Fernando Távora, he's one of the references of the "Escola do Porto" (Porto School of Architecture), where both were teachers. Both their works are inspired by the site and try to achieve what was missing there - there is always a very strict connection between the built and the nature, the new and the old, the sensorial and the rational.

Berlin, Schlesische Straße, Building "Bonjour Tristesse", by Álvaro Siza Vieira

In 1992, he was awarded the Pritzker Prize and in 2001 he was the recipient of the Wolf Prize in Arts. Other prizes include: The Golden Medal of The Superior Counsil of Arquitecture of the College of Architects of Madrid (Spain-1988), The Prince of Wales prize of the Harvard University (USA-1998); Portugal's National prize of Architecture (1993) and the Urbanism Special Grand Prize of France (2005).

[edit] Works

• 1958-1963: Boa Nova restaurant in Matosinhos (Photos).
• 1958-1965: Quinta de Conceição swimming-pool (Photos).
• 1966: Leça da Palmeira swimming-pool (Photos).
• 1981-1985: Avelino Duarte Ouar House.
• 1987-1993: Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (Photos; Photos 2).
• 1995: Library of the University of Aveiro.
• 1997: Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (Photos).
• 1998: Architectural Practise, Porto (Photos).
• 2002: Southern Municipal District Center, Rosario, Argentina (first work by Siza in South America) [1] [2]
• 2005: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2005 (Photos).

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