Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, (born 25 June 1933 in Porto-Matosinhos), who signs as Álvaro Siza Vieira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaɫvɐɾu ˈsizɐ viˈɐiɾɐ]) and is sometimes known as Álvaro Siza, is a contemporary Portuguese architect.
His father is Júlio Siza Vieira, an engineer, and his mother is Cassilda de Melo. He was born in the small coastal town of Matosinhos by Oporto. He has two siblings, Maria Teresa and António Carlos....
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Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, (born 25 June 1933 in Porto-Matosinhos), who signs as Álvaro Siza Vieira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaɫvɐɾu ˈsizɐ viˈɐiɾɐ]) and is sometimes known as Álvaro Siza, is a contemporary Portuguese architect.
His father is Júlio Siza Vieira, an engineer, and his mother is Cassilda de Melo. He was born in the small coastal town of Matosinhos by Oporto. He has two siblings, Maria Teresa and António Carlos. He is married to Joana Marinho Leite and has a son, Álvaro Leite Siza Vieira.
Along with Fernando Távora, he is one of the references of the Porto School of Architecture where both were teachers. His "poetic" modernism draws on context to illuminate universal conditions.
In 1992, he was awarded with the Pritzker Prize for renovation project that he coordinated in the Chiado area of Lisbon, a historic commercial sector that was all but completely destroyed by fire in August 1988.
Other prizes include: The Golden Medal of The Superior Counsil...
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