Main entry:

Castanheira, Carlos.

Title & Author:

Álvaro Siza : the function of beauty / Carlos Castanheira.

Publication:

London ; New York : Phaidon, 2009.

Description:

303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes texts by Carlos Castanheira, Álvaro Siza, Nuno Higino, and photographs by Fernando Guerra.
Bouça, Águas Férreas Cooperative -- Bragança Terraces -- Insel-Hombroich Foundation Museum of Architecture -- São Bento Underground Station -- Zaida Building, Patio House -- Iberê Camargo Foundation Museum -- Centre for 'Camilian' studies -- Multipurpose pavilion -- Masterplan for Vila do Conde's coastal road -- Viana do Castelo Municipal Library -- Masterplan for Leça da Palmeira's coastal road -- House in Pego -- House in Mallorca -- Institute of Educational Sciences -- Armanda Passos house and studio -- Centre for Development of New Enterprise -- Ribera-Serrallo Sports Complex -- Adega Mayor Winery -- Anyang Álvaro Siza Hall -- Mimesis Museum -- Quinta do Portal Winery.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Alvaro Siza (b.1933) is considered Portugal's greatest living architect. His buildings are known for their austere beauty and their imaginative relationship to their surroundings. Relatively unknown outside his native Portugal when he won the 1992 Pritzker Prize, he has since built a number of masterful buildings around the world while retaining strong ties to his country. This volume highlights over 20 of these projects, approximately half of which are in Portugal. Each is explained in depth by author Carlos Castanheira as well as Siza himself, and illustrated with photographs, complete sets of drawings, and a wealth of Siza's sketches.

Resources:
Table of contents
Inhaltstext

ISBN:

9780714849461 (hbk.)
0714849464 (hbk.)

Subject:

Siza, Álvaro, 1933- Criticism and interpretation.
Siza, Alvaro, 1933-
Siza, Álvaro, 1933-
Arkitektur Portugal 1945-
Arkitektur Portugal sekelskiftet 2000.
Arkitekter Portugal 1945- sekelskiftet 2000.

Form/genre:

Writings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Siza, Álvaro, 1933-
Higino, Nuno
Guerra, Fernando, 1970-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261548
Call No.: NA44.S625.23 C3 2009
Status: Available