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AP178.S2.1988.011
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Compostela and for the Vilanova de Arousa Sports complex in Spain. It also contains a draft letter to M. Schultz about Bonjour Tristesse.
August 1988
Sketchbook 275: Santiago - Arousa
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AP178.S2.1988.011
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Compostela and for the Vilanova de Arousa Sports complex in Spain. It also contains a draft letter to M. Schultz about Bonjour Tristesse.
drawings
August 1988
drawings
AP178.S2.1983.001
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This sketchbook includes sketches and notes for Plano de Expansão da Cidade de Macau, China and for Edifício de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse in Berlin, Germany. The sketchbook also contains landscapes of China as well as sketches of people on a train.
February 1983
Sketchbook 139: Macau II Visita
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AP178.S2.1983.001
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This sketchbook includes sketches and notes for Plano de Expansão da Cidade de Macau, China and for Edifício de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse in Berlin, Germany. The sketchbook also contains landscapes of China as well as sketches of people on a train.
drawings
February 1983
drawings
AP178.S2.1982.001
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Quinta da Malagueira housing in Évora, Avelino Duarte house in Ovar, and for Bonjour Tristesse in Berlin, Germany. It also contains a draft of the article A casa do Dr. Fernando Machado: a casa interrompida, as well as a self-portrait.
January 1982
Sketchbook 98: Lojas (Evora) Casa Porto - Ovar Puxad.
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AP178.S2.1982.001
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Quinta da Malagueira housing in Évora, Avelino Duarte house in Ovar, and for Bonjour Tristesse in Berlin, Germany. It also contains a draft of the article A casa do Dr. Fernando Machado: a casa interrompida, as well as a self-portrait.
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January 1982
drawings
AP178.S2.1983.012
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This sketchbook contains sketches for Blocke 121, Schlesisches Tor in Berlin, Germany, including Edifício de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse, and sketches for Piscina de "Görlitzer Bad" in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Also inclueded are notes about Évora and Lisbon in Portugal, and a sketch of a project by Fernando Távora.
circa 1983
Sketchbook 157: Prince Albrecht
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AP178.S2.1983.012
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This sketchbook contains sketches for Blocke 121, Schlesisches Tor in Berlin, Germany, including Edifício de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse, and sketches for Piscina de "Görlitzer Bad" in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Also inclueded are notes about Évora and Lisbon in Portugal, and a sketch of a project by Fernando Távora.
drawings
circa 1983
drawings
AP178.S2.1981.010
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This sketchbook includes notes regarding Berlin projects for the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA), and mention Brigitte Fleck. Also included are sketches for Edifício de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse in Berlin, Germany and sketches for Casa Avelino Duarte in Ovar, Portugal.
October 1981
Sketchbook 94: Teixeira - Berlim - Ovar
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AP178.S2.1981.010
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This sketchbook includes notes regarding Berlin projects for the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA), and mention Brigitte Fleck. Also included are sketches for Edifício de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse in Berlin, Germany and sketches for Casa Avelino Duarte in Ovar, Portugal.
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October 1981
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AP178.S2.1981.007
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This sketchbook includes notes regarding the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA) and mentions Brigitte Fleck. Also included are sketches for Blocke 121, Schlesisches Tor in Berlin, Germany (including Bonjour Tristesse) as well as sketches for Casa Avelino Duarte in Ovar, Portugal.
October 1981
Sketchbook 91: Berlim
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AP178.S2.1981.007
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This sketchbook includes notes regarding the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA) and mentions Brigitte Fleck. Also included are sketches for Blocke 121, Schlesisches Tor in Berlin, Germany (including Bonjour Tristesse) as well as sketches for Casa Avelino Duarte in Ovar, Portugal.
drawings
October 1981
drawings
AP178.S2.1999.004
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Santa Maria church and parish centre in Marco de Canavezes, the Chapel of the Casa Manuel Silva in Quinta de Santo Ovidio, Lousada, as well as for Bonjour Tristesse in Berlin, Germany. It also contains sketches of a man on a horse, notes from a meeting with the Gabinete do Chiado (14/05/1999) and notes from a speech at the Universidade Lusíada.
May 1999
Sketchbook 462: Evora - Igreja Lousada - Felgueiras
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AP178.S2.1999.004
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Santa Maria church and parish centre in Marco de Canavezes, the Chapel of the Casa Manuel Silva in Quinta de Santo Ovidio, Lousada, as well as for Bonjour Tristesse in Berlin, Germany. It also contains sketches of a man on a horse, notes from a meeting with the Gabinete do Chiado (14/05/1999) and notes from a speech at the Universidade Lusíada.
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May 1999
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Architectural projects
AP178.S1
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Series AP178.S1 is the largest series of the Álvaro Siza fonds and documents over 200 of Siza’s built and unbuilt architectural projects. The series is divided into project series which are arranged chronologically by project year. Presently, materials in this series range from 1958-2012. The CCA will also receive materials documenting Siza’s more recent work in future additions. Documenting the projects are conceptual, design, presentation, and working drawings, as well as photographic materials, textual documentation, and models. Although the drawings for each project have been identified, Siza often sketches or doodles on textual documentation, such as minutes of meetings or notes. When possible, folders that include textual documents with sketches or doodles have been identified. Amounts and types of materials vary from project to project. Project documentation is usually in Portuguese, with some exceptions including French, English, German, and Dutch. Most project series include sketches, studies, and working drawings. Other drawings included are site plans, floor plans, topographic surveys, elevations, sections, as well as technical and mechanical details. Also documenting the projects are photographic materials and textual documentation, such as correspondence, building programs, contracts, notes, and other working details. Photographic materials found within this archive are slides, negatives, photomontages and photographs of project sites and models.The photomontages were often used to study the function of the project site. To fully understand Siza’s methodology, sketchbooks (Series AP178.S2) should be viewed alongside the project drawings, when possible. Each project series description highlights sketchbooks in series AP178.S2 which contain related sketches. It is important to note that not all projects are represented in the sketchbooks in Series AP178.S2. Moreover, project series descriptions only list related sketchbooks when sketches have been positively identified as related to the corresponding project. The Siza fonds will be processed in four phases. The materials processed in the first, second, and third phases are architectural projects from the 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s; urban planning projects; Reconstrução do Chiado; Berlin projects submitted to the IBA competition; cultural institutions; individual houses; and the Plano de urbanização Deelgebied 5 Schilderswijk-West in The Hague. Among The Hague and the Berlin projects are the Punt en Komma social housing, Bonjour Tristesse, and the Residential settlement in Schilderswijk. This series is better understood in the context of how the records for architectural projects were arranged by Siza’s office. Earlier projects were initially numbered by Siza’s office and then received new project numbers by the office archivist, who joined the office in the 1990s. Project files have been kept in the order in which they were received by the CCA, which is how they were arranged by the office archivist. The project numbers and dates assigned by Siza’s office archivist are included in the descriptions for each project and form the basis for the arrangement of this series. The office archivist numbered projects consecutively by decade, for instance, 58/80 was the 58th project during the 1980s. Numbers which were included in square brackets, ex. [14]/75, show that the project was not a ‘full’ project and contains a small amount of documentation. When projects are followed by a letter (A, B, C) this signifies a project is connected to the first. When the project number is followed by a number (1, 2, 3) this signifies a separate building within a larger project. For the purposes of arrangement, project numbers that were assigned a letter or number are arranged as sub-series of the related project series. Exceptions to this numbering convention are projects 23/60, 25/60, 28/60, 33/60, 34/60 and 35/60. These projects were not in the office’s original project list and were not officially considered projects. The office archivist assembled documentation related to these projects and assigned them numbers. In the early 2000s a large number of photographic materials were gathered together by the office archivist from various correspondence files for a digitization project initiated by the office. These materials remained housed together as a photograph collection in the office. Not all of these materials were digitized by the office. Those that were digitized were assigned numbers which have been identified in the file descriptions. It is important to note that several photographic materials were left with the textual documentation or drawings. When this is the case they are identified in the file description. There are also several panoramic photomontages which were created by either gluing or taping several photographs together to make panoramas of project sites.
1948-2012
Architectural projects
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AP178.S1
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Series AP178.S1 is the largest series of the Álvaro Siza fonds and documents over 200 of Siza’s built and unbuilt architectural projects. The series is divided into project series which are arranged chronologically by project year. Presently, materials in this series range from 1958-2012. The CCA will also receive materials documenting Siza’s more recent work in future additions. Documenting the projects are conceptual, design, presentation, and working drawings, as well as photographic materials, textual documentation, and models. Although the drawings for each project have been identified, Siza often sketches or doodles on textual documentation, such as minutes of meetings or notes. When possible, folders that include textual documents with sketches or doodles have been identified. Amounts and types of materials vary from project to project. Project documentation is usually in Portuguese, with some exceptions including French, English, German, and Dutch. Most project series include sketches, studies, and working drawings. Other drawings included are site plans, floor plans, topographic surveys, elevations, sections, as well as technical and mechanical details. Also documenting the projects are photographic materials and textual documentation, such as correspondence, building programs, contracts, notes, and other working details. Photographic materials found within this archive are slides, negatives, photomontages and photographs of project sites and models.The photomontages were often used to study the function of the project site. To fully understand Siza’s methodology, sketchbooks (Series AP178.S2) should be viewed alongside the project drawings, when possible. Each project series description highlights sketchbooks in series AP178.S2 which contain related sketches. It is important to note that not all projects are represented in the sketchbooks in Series AP178.S2. Moreover, project series descriptions only list related sketchbooks when sketches have been positively identified as related to the corresponding project. The Siza fonds will be processed in four phases. The materials processed in the first, second, and third phases are architectural projects from the 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s; urban planning projects; Reconstrução do Chiado; Berlin projects submitted to the IBA competition; cultural institutions; individual houses; and the Plano de urbanização Deelgebied 5 Schilderswijk-West in The Hague. Among The Hague and the Berlin projects are the Punt en Komma social housing, Bonjour Tristesse, and the Residential settlement in Schilderswijk. This series is better understood in the context of how the records for architectural projects were arranged by Siza’s office. Earlier projects were initially numbered by Siza’s office and then received new project numbers by the office archivist, who joined the office in the 1990s. Project files have been kept in the order in which they were received by the CCA, which is how they were arranged by the office archivist. The project numbers and dates assigned by Siza’s office archivist are included in the descriptions for each project and form the basis for the arrangement of this series. The office archivist numbered projects consecutively by decade, for instance, 58/80 was the 58th project during the 1980s. Numbers which were included in square brackets, ex. [14]/75, show that the project was not a ‘full’ project and contains a small amount of documentation. When projects are followed by a letter (A, B, C) this signifies a project is connected to the first. When the project number is followed by a number (1, 2, 3) this signifies a separate building within a larger project. For the purposes of arrangement, project numbers that were assigned a letter or number are arranged as sub-series of the related project series. Exceptions to this numbering convention are projects 23/60, 25/60, 28/60, 33/60, 34/60 and 35/60. These projects were not in the office’s original project list and were not officially considered projects. The office archivist assembled documentation related to these projects and assigned them numbers. In the early 2000s a large number of photographic materials were gathered together by the office archivist from various correspondence files for a digitization project initiated by the office. These materials remained housed together as a photograph collection in the office. Not all of these materials were digitized by the office. Those that were digitized were assigned numbers which have been identified in the file descriptions. It is important to note that several photographic materials were left with the textual documentation or drawings. When this is the case they are identified in the file description. There are also several panoramic photomontages which were created by either gluing or taping several photographs together to make panoramas of project sites.
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1948-2012
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In 1984, Giovanni Chiaramonte photographed Álvaro Siza's building in Berlin, on whose façade some young people had written Bonjour Tristesse. The image was published on the cover of the magazine Lotus International. The following year, Siza and Chiaramonte met in Évora, on the occasion of a new series by the Italian photographer featuring the buildings of the great(...)
Siza. Chiaramonte. The measure of the west: a representation of travel
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In 1984, Giovanni Chiaramonte photographed Álvaro Siza's building in Berlin, on whose façade some young people had written Bonjour Tristesse. The image was published on the cover of the magazine Lotus International. The following year, Siza and Chiaramonte met in Évora, on the occasion of a new series by the Italian photographer featuring the buildings of the great Portuguese architect. It marked the beginning of a long friendship and a shared reflection on architecture, photography, and urban life. "The Measure of the West" presents a selection of fifty-seven drawings by Siza and forty photographs taken by Chiaramonte in cities around the world.
Photography monographs
Louise Bourgeois
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One of the century's most distinguished artists, Louise Bourgeois is an utterly unique figure. Born in Paris in 1911, Bourgeois spent most of her career receiving little recognition from the art community. She has worked closely to many of the century's key artistic moments, from Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism to feminist art, and yet she remains distinct from all(...)
Contemporary Art Monographs
May 2003, London
Louise Bourgeois
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One of the century's most distinguished artists, Louise Bourgeois is an utterly unique figure. Born in Paris in 1911, Bourgeois spent most of her career receiving little recognition from the art community. She has worked closely to many of the century's key artistic moments, from Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism to feminist art, and yet she remains distinct from all of them. An extraordinarily influential sculptor, she has worked, often experimentally, with materials varying from alabaster, plaster, latex, bronze and marble. Bourgeois is equally admired for her intimate drawings, often combining fragments of text, and her highly personal writings, which often address her long and complex life story. With the backdrop of a conflicted and sexually complicated family upbringing, her struggles as an artist in a world reserved for men, as well as her experiences as a mother, the subject of her work is as broad as the materials in which she expresses them. Critic Paulo Herkenhoff (with Thyra Goodeve) has been in discussion with Bourgeois for many years. Topics in their interview range from her troubled relationship with her father, to men's fashions, to her recollections of Marcel Duchamp, whom she knew personally. Critic and curator Robert Storr's survey chronicles the unique trajectory of Bourgeois' work and life from a highly personal point of view. In his «Focus», critic Allan Schwartzman concentrates on Cell (You Better Grow Up) (1993), an intense cage-like space. For her «Artist's Choice» Bourgeois has selected extracts from the novel Bonjour Tristesse (1954) by Francoise Sagan, whose story about a young girl's response to her father's amorous relationships parallels to some degree the artist's own childhood experiences. The artist's writings include an early text, 'The Puritan', from 1947, alongside discussions of her own work, autobiographical writings and artist's projects.
Contemporary Art Monographs