Álvaro Siza Vieira

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Álvaro Siza Vieira
The Boa Nova tea pavilion is integrated into the landscape

Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira (born June 25, 1933 in Matosinhos , Portugal ) is one of the most important contemporary European architects . In Portugal, Siza is considered to be the main representative of modernism .

Life

SAAL social housing estate Bouça II in Porto 1975–1977.
SAAL social housing estate Bouça II in Porto 1975–1977.

Álvaro Siza Vieira was born in 1933 in the port suburb of Matosinhos. He lives and works in Porto, teaches at the architecture faculty and has been running his architecture office since 1958. From 1949 to 1955 he studied architecture at the Faculty of Art ( Escola Superior de Belas Artes do Porto ), the University of Porto . Until 1958 he worked in the office of his professor Fernando Távora . From 1966 to 1969 he had an assistant position at the University of Porto, and from 1976 a professorship . Together with Távora and Eduardo Souto de Moura, he is one of the leading representatives of the Porto School .

Shortly after the Carnation Revolution , the then 41-year-old architect was given the opportunity to design a showcase quarter with the SAAL social housing estate Bouça in Porto, whose rows of terraced houses, together with the individual buildings in front, create intimate alleyways and thus grow into a village-like situation.

In 1992 he was awarded the Pritzker Prize for the reconstruction of the old Lisbon district of Chiado , which was destroyed by a major fire in 1988 .

Siza Vieira was visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne , at the University of Pennsylvania , at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá; he held the " Kenzō Tange Visiting Professor" at the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University . In 1992 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Valencia and in 1993 by EPFL Lausanne .

General information on Siza Vieira's architecture

The development of modern architecture up to the 21st century can be seen in Siza Vieira's work ; the architectural legacy of the European avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s is just as lively as its transformations through architecture since the 1960s. His buildings, committed to local issues, made him a leading exponent of critical regionalism .

In his plans for private homes, social housing, residential complexes, public buildings, urban districts and redevelopment areas, he sensitively addresses the circumstances of the landscape, urban environment and traditional building culture in order to implement them in a strict, modern design language.

His buildings seem to be part of a balance of invisible forces that arise from the landscape. In this way he achieves an attitude of the greatest possible respect for nature, and the artificiality of the interference that every architectural project entails can thus be justified. The consequence of this integration, which is reflected in all scales and architectural themes, is remarkable.

Siza Vieira is famous for his sketches . In them he records complex situations and makes them easier to understand. They create a dialectic between his creative intuition and proof of the architectural quality and thus become the most important creative tool of the architect. Many of the later qualities of the design can already be found in the first sketches for his projects.

Siza Vieira realized his projects mainly in post-revolutionary Portugal (i.e. after 1974), later also in the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and Germany.

Biographical overview

Fernando Tavora
Nadir Afonso Museum , Portugal

chosen projects

1961–1966 Leça da Palmeira lido

Leça da Palmeira lido

The Piscinas de Marés pool complex, designed as a terrace landscape, is located a few hundred meters from the Boa Nova tea house. The complex includes two pools, a café, washing, toilet and changing rooms and technical systems to control the water quality.

The archaic- brutalist concrete structure forms, like a sculpture, seamlessly embedded in the rocky landscape, pools that make it possible to bathe in the water of the Atlantic, yet protected from the roaring surf that is typical here . Here you can see how large waves repeatedly splash into the pool and stimulate the otherwise calm, warmed water a little, giving the artificially created bathroom a poetic touch of nature.

Siza Vieira emphasizes the unusual homogeneity of the building and the landscape through the materials: the exposed concrete consists of a very granular cement to which the crushed rock of the coast is mixed. This creates an amazing effect of embedding the flat building in the rugged rocks.

1958–1963 Casa de Chá da Boa Nova, Leça da Palmeira

The view of the sea - incorporated into the rugged stone coast

The Casa de Chá da Boa Nova ( Boa Nova's tea house ) is Siza Vieira's first large and independent work. After Siza Vieira started the competition for the tea house as Fernando Távora's employee , he was already drawing independently for the execution of the project.

The pavilion is located on the Atlantic coast north of the Douro estuary, not far from Siza Vieria's birthplace, Matosinhos . Huge, well-washed stones alternate with a sandy beach. Almost hidden, very white and crouched on a narrow headland, the flat building lies between the boulders and retreats under its large tiled roof. Enclosed on three sides by the sea, double glazing on the sea side provides protection against storms, spray and the roar of the ocean. The terrace facing the sea is embedded in the flora of the stone coast.

The kitchen and storage rooms are on the land side. Inside, the building is divided into a dining room and a lounge-like tea room. From both rooms you have a wonderful view over the Atlantic. The wide ribbon of windows can be lowered, then the room is transformed into a balcony, a large open-air stage with dark-stained wood and brown leather armchairs.

The building was used by a restaurant until the end of the 2000s, after which it went out of business very quickly: the inventory and the copper gutters were looted, the roof damaged. However, it was registered as a national monument in 2011 and was restored and converted into an upscale restaurant by July 2014 with the help of Siza. Even the lost furniture was restored according to Siza's original drafts.

1980–1984 Avelino Duarte House

On the basis of the design for the Avelino Duarte house in Ovar , Siza Vieira is often associated with Adolf Loos , who is considered a pioneer of modernism in architecture. The exterior of the plastered building is very simple and creates atmospheric spaces inside through the skilful use of wood and natural stone.

There is no question that Siza Vieira Loos studied, but Siza Vieira goes beyond Loos' theories. While Loos was still strictly surface-oriented in dealing with materials and occupied himself with their layering, which was certainly not least due to the influences of Art Nouveau in Austria and southern Germany, against which he turned, Siza Vieira apparently continues its tradition, but in one much more spatial mindset.

1980–1984 House at Schlesisches Tor - "Bonjour Tristesse"

Residential house "Bonjour Tristesse" in Berlin-Kreuzberg

The Schlesisches Tor residential building is located at 7 Schlesische Strasse in Berlin's Kreuzberg district . It was built in 1982/83 and closes a war gap in the old building stock of the street. The Siza Vieiras design provided for four large apartments per floor, which should be accessible via four staircases , and various social facilities were to be integrated into the ground floor . However, the plan was modified for cost reasons. Today there are two stairwells through which 46 apartments can be reached.

The house did not get the name "Bonjour Tristesse" from the architect, but from an unknown sprayer who sprayed these words on the clearly visible gable of the corner house. This should be understood as a criticism of the gray facade and the monotonous window designs with always the same distances within the varied street scene. There is no recognizably detached base zone or a roof termination, as was customary in the surrounding architecture 90 years older. The only change is achieved by a slightly curved design and a high parapet .

Aveiro University Library

1988 Aveiro University Library

The University of Aveiro was founded directly after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and is an expression of reforms in society and the educational system of a Portugal in upheaval. This is also expressed in terms of urban planning and architecture. The campus consists of strictly ordered linear buildings of the same size, which are arranged around a central square, but without any hierarchical structure. A spatial concept that is in stark contrast to the traditional universities in Portugal that have grown over centuries. Only a few buildings break out of this order, including the library. Its volume seems to be similar to that of the other bodies, but it is rotated by 90 degrees and is thus oriented towards the extensive Ria landscape . Its exterior is determined by the contrast between red brick surfaces and light natural stone, a common material theme on campus.

2003 Urban design in Alcântara, Lisbon

As part of an urban planning draft he had prepared, Siza Vieira suggested building three high-rise buildings in the Alcântara district of Lisbon . Near the historic bridge Ponte 25 de Abril , the towers would flank the city entrance over the Tejobrücke . However, the highly controversial proposal was rejected. Some sources assumed Siza Vieira was polemic and claimed that the proposal was never meant to be serious, but rather was intended to initiate a discussion of the skyscraper issue in the historical urban fabric.

2005 Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina

In June 2005, the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina planned by Siza Vieira was opened.

Project list

Building of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Porto (FAUP), 1987–93
The Church of Santa Maria in Marco de Canaveses in northern Portugal from 1990–96.
Vitra factory , Weil am Rhein from 1991–94.
Nadir Afonso Museum , Portugal
Residential tower in Maastricht from 1999–2000.
Fundação Iberê Camargo from 1998–2010 in Porto Alegre , Brazil.
São Bento Metro Station in Porto, from Siza Vieira.
  • 1952 Access to his uncle's house, Matosinhos , Portugal
  • 1953 Kitchen installation in his grandmother's house, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1954–1957 Four Houses, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1957–1959 “ Carneiro de Melo ” house, Porto , Portugal
  • 1958–1963 Boa Nova Restaurant, Leça da Palmeira , Portugal
  • 1958–1965 Quinta da Conceicao swimming pool , Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1960–1962 “ Rocha Ribeiro ” house, Maia , Portugal
  • 1961–1966 Lido , Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
  • 1962–1965 “ Ferreira da Costa ” house, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1964–1968 “Alves Costa” house, Moledo do Moinho , Portugal
  • 1964–1969 “Alves Santos” house, Póvoa de Varzim , Portugal
  • 1966 Cotton warehouse, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1967 Motel, Coimbra , Portugal
  • 1967–1970 “Manuel Magalhaes” house, Porto, Portugal
  • 1968 “Carlos Guimaraes” house, Aveiro , Portugal
  • 1969 office building, Porto, Portugal
  • 1970 Gas station, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1970–1972 residential building, Vila do Conde , Portugal
  • 1971 Alcino Cardoso house, Moledo do Minho , Portugal
  • 1971–1974 “Pinto e Sotto Mayor” financial institution, today “Millennium”, Oliveira de Azemeis , Portugal
  • 1972 Mobile living, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1972 "Barbara de Sousa" property, Ovar , Portugal
  • 1972 “Marques Pinto” house, Porto, Portugal
  • 1972 Supermarket, Porto, Portugal
  • 1972–1973 “Pinto e Sotto Mayor” financial institution, Lamego , Portugal
  • 1973 Art Gallery, Porto, Portugal
  • 1973 House in Azeitao , Setúbal , Portugal
  • 1973–1976 “Beires” house, Póvoa de Varzim , Portugal
  • 1974 Boa Nova Master Plan, Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
  • 1974–1977 revitalization of the Sao Victor district , Porto, Portugal
  • 1975 Staircase house "Calem", Foz do Douro , Portugal
  • 1975 Paula Frassineti School, Porto, Portugal
  • 1975 Restaurant “ Pico do Areeiro ”, Madeira , Portugal
  • 1975–1977 residential building, Bouça , Porto, Portugal
  • 1976 revitalization of the “Barredo” district, Porto, Portugal
  • 1976–1978 “Antonio Carlos Siza” house, Santo Tirso , Portugal
  • 1977 “Quinta da Malagueira” residential complex, Évora , Portugal
  • 1978 Hotel in Monte Pico, Braga , Portugal
  • 1978–1986 “Borges e Irmao” financial institution, Vila do Conde, Portugal
  • 1979 Swimming pool “ Görlitzer Bad ”, Berlin , Germany
  • 1979 Fränkelufer residential buildings , Berlin, Germany
  • 1979–1987 “Maria Margarida” house, Arcozelo , Portugal
  • 1980 Dom Co. office, Cologne , Germany
  • 1980 house in Francelos, Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
  • 1980 “Caixa Geral de Depositos” financial institution, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1980 Antonio Nobre Monument, Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
  • 1980 residential buildings, Berlin-Charlottenburg , Germany
  • 1980 Block of flats on Kottbusser Damm , Berlin, Germany
  • 1980 Branch of the “Credito Predial” Bank, Montalegre , Portugal
  • 1980–1984 “Avelino Duarte” house, Ovar, Portugal
  • 1980–1984 block of flats, Berlin, Germany
  • 1980–1984 “Teixeira” apartment, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
  • 1980–1988 “Teixeira” house, Tapias, Portugal
  • 1981 residential building, Vila Vicosa, Portugal
  • 1981 residential building, Aviz, Portugal
  • 1981 "Fernando Machado" house, Porto, Portugal
  • 1982 Braga truck depot, Portugal
  • 1982 Cultural Center, Sines , Portugal
  • 1982 Urban development plan, Pombais , Portugal
  • 1982 House "Anibal Guimaraes da Costa", Trofa , Portugal
  • 1982 Urban development plan, second phase, Pombais, Portugal
  • 1983 Motel "Quinta da Malagueira", Portugal
  • 1983 City Expansion Plan, Macau , Portugal
  • 1983 Expansion of the " Institut français ", Porto, Portugal
  • 1983 Kulturforum , Berlin, Germany
  • 1983 “Maria Bahia” house, Gondomar , Portugal
  • 1983 Prince Albrecht Palais , Berlin, Germany
  • 1983 Nina Boutique, Porto, Portugal
  • 1983–1988 Urban development and residential buildings (“Punt en Komma”), The Hague - Schilderswijk , Netherlands
  • 1984 proposal for Caserta, Naples , Italy
  • 1984 House “David Vieira de Castro”, Vila Nova de Famalicão , Portugal
  • 1984 “Erhard Josef Pascher” house, Sintra , Portugal
  • 1984–1988 two houses and shops, The Hague-Schilderswijk, Netherlands
  • 1984–1991 Kindergarten “João de Deus”, Penafiel , Portugal
  • 1985 House "J. Oliveira e Filho ”, Agueda, Portugal
  • 1985 City restoration, Giudecca, Venice , Italy
  • 1985–1986 Pavilion of the Faculty of Architecture, Porto, Portugal
  • 1985–1986 restoration, Quinta da Povoa, Portugal
  • 1985–1988 Van der Vennepark Garden, The Hague-Schilderswijk, Netherlands
  • 1986 City Park, Salemi, Portugal
  • 1986 Hydrographic Institute, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1986 Expansion of the "Casino and Restaurant Winkler", Salzburg , Austria
  • 1986 Expo '92 , Seville , Spain
  • 1986–1993 University of Education, Setubal, Portugal
  • 1987 Cesar Rodrigues house, Porto, Portugal
  • 1987–1989, senior citizens' club, Berlin- Wrangelkiez , Germany
  • 1987–1993 Faculty of Architecture at the University of Porto, Portugal
  • 1988 House “Luis Figueiredo”, Gondomar, Portugal
  • 1988 “La Defensa” cultural center, Madrid , Spain
  • 1988 Competition Siena, Siena , Italy
  • 1988 University Library, Aveiro, Portugal
  • 1988 Sports facility, Vilanova de Arousa, Spain
  • 1988 Guardiola House, Seville, Spain
  • 1988–1989 “Carvalho Araujo” gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1988–1989 Water tower of the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
  • 1988–1993 Conversion of the “Miranda Santos” house, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1988–1993 Museum of Modern Art, Santiago de Compostela , Spain
  • 1989 Church, Malagueira, Portugal
  • 1989 Competition for the “Bibliotheque da France”, París , France
  • 1989 Doedijnstraat Plan, The Hague-Schilderswijk, The Netherlands
  • 1989 urban development plan “Praça de Espanha”, Lisbon , Portugal
  • 1989 Plan to restore Lisbon's old town " Chiado " after a devastating fire
  • 1989–1994 “Bonaval” garden, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • 1990 Building in Massarelos, Porto, Portugal
  • 1990 “Pereira Ganhao” house, Troia, Portugal
  • 1990 Church in Marco de Canaveses , Portugal
  • 1990 Office building, Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal
  • 1990 University Library, Valencia , Spain
  • 1990 “Boulevard Brune” competition, Paris, France
  • 1990 Ana Costa house, Lousada , Portugal
  • 1990–1992 Meteorological Center in the Olympic Village , Barcelona, ​​Spain
  • 1990–1992 Master Plan “Avenida Jose Malhoa”, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1990–2000 “A Fachada”, “Arco Íris” and “Tower of Siza” buildings, Maastricht , Netherlands
  • 1991 Eurocenter, Boavista (district of Porto), Portugal
  • 1991 Vitra workshop , Weil am Rhein , Germany
  • 1991 “Castro e Melo” building, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1991 Museum of Modern Art “Serralves” , Porto, Portugal
  • 1991 Restaurant “Pai Ramiro”, Porto, Portugal
  • 1992 Residential Building Plan, Málaga , Spain
  • 1992 “Grandella” building, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1992 “Condes” cinema, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1992 Terracos de Braganca, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1992 restaurant, Malagueira, Portugal
  • 1992 Center for Languages, Malagueira, Portugal
  • 1992 Baixa-Chiado Metro Station , Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1992 “Visions for Madrid” exhibition, Madrid, Spain
  • 1992–1993 “Museum of Contemporary Art” competition, Helsinki , Finland
  • 1993 artist studio, Montreuil, France
  • 1993 Master plan for "Sao Joao", Costa da Caparica , Portugal
  • 1993 laboratory, c
  • 1993 Block of flats, Setubal, Portugal
  • 1993 Residential building, Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) , France
  • 1993 Masterplan Center Ville, Montreuil, France
  • 1993 Faculty of Journalism, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • 1993 two houses, Felgueiras, Portugal
  • 1993 Álvaro Siza Vieira's office in Porto, Portugal
  • 1993 Headquarters "Cargaleiro Foundation", Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1993 Restaurant and Offices, Granada, Spain
  • 1993 “Revigres” exhibition hall, Agueda, Portugal
  • 1993 “Costa Braga” building, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1993 Lido Restaurant, Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
  • 1993 Restoration of the lido, Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
  • 1993 Block of flats, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1993 Álvaro Siza Vieira's office, Évora, Portugal
  • 1993 “ Getty Museum ” competition, Santa Monica , USA
  • 1994 Museo Granell , Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • 1994 Masterplan “Historic City Center”, Palma di Montechiaro , Italy
  • 1994 “Rossio de Sao Bras” master plan, Évora , Portugal
  • 1994 Extension to the “Joao de Deus” kindergarten, Penafiel , Portugal
  • 1994 Restoration “Casa de Serralves”, Porto, Portugal
  • 1994 Young Living, Guarda, Portugal
  • 1994 residential building, Malagueira, Portugal
  • 1994 "Middelem-Dupont" house, Oudenburg, Belgium
  • 1995 Sports facility at the University of Palermo , Italy
  • 1995 Residential building in Ostend, Ostend , Belgium
  • 1995–1998 Portuguese Pavilion Expo 98 , Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1995 Douro & Leixoes Port Authority, Matosinhos, Portugal
  • 1996 Pier in Thessaloniki , Greece
  • 1997 Manzana del Revellín Cultural Center, Ceuta, Spain
  • 1997 Vila do Conde Cultural Center and Park, Portugal
  • 1997 Rosario Community Center , Argentina
  • 1997 Extension of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam , Netherlands (not built)
  • 1997 Hotel Almería, Spain
  • 1998 Villa Colonnese Vicenza , Italy
  • 1999 Urban renewal Salemi, Italy
  • 1999–2000 Portuguese Pavilion Expo 2000 Hanover , Germany
  • 1999 Rectorate of the University of Alicante , Spain
  • 2000 House in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
  • 2004–2008 Viana do Castelo Library , Portugal
  • 2008–2010 Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre , Brazil
  • 2007–2009 “New Orleans” high-rise, Rotterdam , Netherlands
  • 2008 Architekturmuseum (Siza Pavilion “Forum for Spatial Thinking” on the rocket station) Foundation Insel Hombroich / Neuss , Germany
  • 2009 Novartis Siza Building laboratory / office building, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2011–2012 "Alvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa “Collection of drawings. Fondazione Querini Stampalia Museum, Venice , Italy
  • 2012 “Il Giardino delle Vergini” Pavilion Venice , Italy.
  • 2014 Visitor Center, Alhambra , Granada , Spain.
  • 2016 Nadir Afonso Museum , Chaves, Portugal

Awards and honors

Among the prizes that Álvaro Siza Vieira received for his work, the following are particularly noteworthy:

Exhibitions

literature

  • Jacinto Rodrigues: Álvaro Siza - obra e método. Livraria Civilização Editora, 1992, ISBN 972-26-1099-6 .
  • Álvaro Siza: city sketches. Birkhäuser, 1994, ISBN 3-7643-2820-7 .
  • Peter Testa: Álvaro Siza. Birkhäuser, 1996, ISBN 3-7643-5598-0 .
  • Kenneth Frampton: Álvaro Siza. The complete work. DVA, 2000, ISBN 978-3-421-03263-8 .
  • Jorge Figueira (Ed.): Álvaro Siza. Modern Redux. Texts by Alexandre Alves Costa, Jorge Figueira, Hans Ibelings, Guilherme Wisnik. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2298-8 (English, German) and ISBN 978-3-7757-2276-6 (English, Portuguese). Presents the projects from 1998–2008.
  • Raul Betti e Greta Ruffino: Álvaro Siza, Viagem sem Programa. Red Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-88-88492-22-3 . Interview and 53 drawings from the Viagem sem Program collection and from Siza's private notebooks.

Movies

  • Having a cigarette with Álvaro Siza. Documentary by Iain Dilthey. solo film production, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2016, 52 minutes.
  • Alvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa. Documentary by Raul Betti and Greta Ruffino. 13th Architecture Biennale , Venice 2012, 37 minutes.
  • O Arquitecto ea Cidade Velha. Documentation of the failed project Sizas for the first UNESCO World Heritage candidate Cidade Velhas on Cape Verde . Catarina Alves Costa 2005 (released on DVD by Midas Filmes in 2007 ).
  • Faculty of Architecture Porto. Documentation in the film series 23 Buildings - 23 films by Richard Copans and Stan Neumann. Arte Edition, 1998, 28 minutes.

Web links

Commons : Álvaro Siza Vieira  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Pritzker Architecture Prize - Laureates , accessed May 25, 2013
  2. ^ Christian Gänshirt: Swimming pool on the beach of Leça de Palmeira, Álvaro Siza 1959-73. Editorial Blau, Lisbon 2004.
  3. ↑ Casa de Chá da Boa Nova (IPA.00020302) , May 25, 2011, entry in the database of the Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico (Portuguese, accessed on March 13, 2016).
  4. ↑ Álvaro Siza. Renovation of Boa Nova Tea House. Divisare.com (accessed March 13, 2016).
  5. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Mende, Kurt Wernicke (Ed.): Berlin District Lexicon Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg; Keyword: Bonjour Tristesse house. Haude & Spencer, Berlin 2003, pages 402/403, ISBN 3-7759-0474-3
  6. ↑ Alvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa Web Site
  7. ↑ Honorary Members: Álvaro Siza. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 22, 2019 .
  8. ^ Biennale Architettura, History: Common Ground. Biennale website, accessed March 25, 2018.
  9. ↑ The pearl of Granada remains untouched. In: FAZ , May 5, 2014, p. 14.
  10. ^ The Alhambra Project in Vitra Design Museum from June 13, 2014
  11. ↑ Visiones de la Alhambra in Patronato de Alhambra y Generalife of February 9, 2015
  12. ↑ Álvaro Siza Vieira. Visions of the Alhambra in the National Museum Oslo on May 4, 2015
  13. ↑ Álvaro Siza Vieira. Gateway to the Alhambra in Aga Khan Museum on July 23, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Siza Vieira, Álvaro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Melo Siza Vieira, Álvaro Joaquim de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Matosinhos , Portugal