Mr Siza is extremely gentle, and this trait extends to the entire studio. He has a clear vision and demonstrates excellent proficiency in managing dimensions and proportions. The final watch is ...

the Serralves Foundation (Porto, 1999); and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (2012). Siza was awarded the 1992 Pritzker Architecture Prize and the 2012 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by ...

The career of Álvaro Siza (Matosinhos, 1933) can be framed, at least in its early stages, within two crucial transitions. On the one side, Portugal’s political transformations: his home country’s ...