Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira is a Portuguese architect and architectural educator. Siza Vieira was born in 1933 in Matosinhos near Porto. He studed at the University of Porto. Before finishing his studies in 1954 he had completed four structures.
Pritzker Prize Jury Citation – “Like the early Modernists, his shapes, molded by light, have a deceptive simplicity about them; they are honest. They solve design problems directly. If shade is needed, an overhanging plane is placed to provide it. If a view is desired, a window is made. Stairs, ramps and walls all appear to be foreordained in a Siza building. That simplicity, upon closer examination however, is revealed as great complexity. There is a subtle mastery underlying what appears to be natural creations. To paraphrase Siza’s own words, his is a response to a problem, a situation in transformation, in which he participates.”
Pavillion of Portugal, Expo 1998
1998, Lisbon, Portugal
Serpentine Gallery Pavillion
2005, London, United Kingdon
Home and Atelier of Armanda Passos
2006, Porto, Portugal
Ibere Camargo Foundation
2009, Porto Alegre, Brazil
New Orleans Residential Tower
2009, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mimesis Museum in Paju Book City
2010, Seoul, South Korea
Il Giardino Delle Vergini Pavilliion
2012, Giardini Della Biannale Venice Biannale of Architecture, Italy
Museum Fondazione Guerini Stampalia
2012, Venice, Itali
Novartis Campus Office Building
2012, Basel Switzerland
Office Building for the Shihlien Chemical Industrial
2014, Jiangsu
Siza House Taifong Golf Club
2014, Taiwan
Auditorium Theatre of Illinards Del Valles Illinars del Varres
2015, Barcelona, Spain
Museu Nadi Afonso
2016, Chaves, Portugal
Abade Pedrosa Museum Santo
2017, Tirso, Portugal
Church of Saint Jacques de la Lande
2017, France
Saya Park Art Pavillion
2018, Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea
611 West 56th Street Residential Tower
Manhattan, New York
China Design Museum
2019, Hangzhou, China
University Hospital of Toledo
2019, Toledo, Spain
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