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

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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).

★ 1988 - Rebuilding plans of the Chiado neighbourhood after a fire, Lisbon.

★ 1995: Library of the University of Aveiro.

★ 1997: Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (Photos).

★ 1998: Architectural Practice, Porto (Photos).

★ 2002: Southern Municipal District Center, Rosario, Argentina (first work by Siza in South America) [1] [2]

★ 2005: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2005 (Photos).

External links

★ Álvaro Siza Furniture

★ Pritzker Prize page on Siza

★ Álvaro Siza sculptures

★ Photo Galleries: Álvaro Siza Projects