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Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’
23 July 2020
Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’23 July 2020
…dome in front of the aqueduct… Álvaro Siza (1933), page 2, from Caderno 39. DM 2533.2. Álvaro Siza (1933), page 7, from Caderno 39. DM 2533.7. …hesitation… Álvaro Siza (1933),…
The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza
26 June 2020
The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza26 June 2020
Álvaro Siza (1933), page from Caderno 77, March, 1981. DMC 2541.18. Inside the cover of Álvaro Siza’s sketchbooks, there is a whole world: the real and the imagined. In his…
Álvaro Siza: Sense Making
22 September 2017
Álvaro Siza: Sense Making22 September 2017
Álvaro Siza (1933), Shatwell Farm Columns Sketchbook, 2013. Pen and ink on paper, 210 × 295 mm. DMC 2618. Álvaro Siza’s influence begins with the move of the Drawings Collection…
Siza and the limits of representation
25 September 2018
Siza and the limits of representation25 September 2018
…mm. DMC 2514.24. Álvaro Siza, from Caderno 13, page 25, 1977. Pen on paper, 300 × 210 mm. DMC 2514.25. Álvaro Siza, from Caderno 13, page 27, 1977. Pen on…
Álvaro Siza: Fast and Slow Lines
20 October 2021
Álvaro Siza: Fast and Slow Lines20 October 2021
Álvaro Siza began working on the ‘Quinta da Malagueira’ project in 1977. In his sketchbooks, he would doodle iterations of the proposal over and over, together with other observational scenes,…
Álvaro Siza: Drawn Closer
11 June 2020
Álvaro Siza: Drawn Closer11 June 2020
…× 210 mm. DMC 2503. Álvaro Siza (1933), early sketches for Quinta da Malagueira, Évora, 1977. Pen and ink, 295 × 210 mm. DMC 2503. Álvaro Siza (1933), early sketches…
Álvaro Siza: A Vertical Dream
21 June 2023
Álvaro Siza: A Vertical Dream21 June 2023
– António Choupina and Álvaro Siza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1k8ellebs In this short video, António Choupina and Álvaro Siza discuss a sketch for an imaginary skyscraper from Caderno 32 (1979), now in the Drawing Matter Collection. Siza describes his…
Gowan & Siza: Housing and the City
11 March 2017
Gowan & Siza: Housing and the City11 March 2017
…and Manuel Montenegro, in collaboration with the Architectural Association and with the generous support of Hauser & Wirth, Somerset. The exhibition Gowan & Siza: Housing and the City was devised…
About Malagueira: Siza’s Poem on Page 27 of Sketchbook 01
20 February 2023
About Malagueira: Siza’s Poem on Page 27 of Sketchbook 0120 February 2023
The following translation proposed for Álvaro Siza’s writings on page 27 of his sketchbook 01 in Drawing Matter Collections is part of an ongoing investigation into the Malagueira project at…
Álvaro Siza: In/discipline
18 September 2019
Álvaro Siza: In/discipline18 September 2019
…one of the children of Siza’s creative method, this exhibition shows how this approach was adapted and refitted to different projects throughout his career. Álvaro Siza (1933), plan, Bouca, Porto,…
Siza at sixteen
10 July 2020
Siza at sixteen10 July 2020
– Manuel Montenegro and Álvaro Siza
Álvaro Siza (1933), study of Rodin’s ‘Weeping Burgher’, 1949. Pencil on paper. Courtesy of the architect. In the Summer of 1949, Siza was preparing for the admission exam in the…
Álvaro Siza: The Adoration of the magi
19 January 2022
Álvaro Siza: The Adoration of the magi19 January 2022
– António Choupina
…holiday greetings. His somewhat precarious nativity scene, charmingly set upon Álvaro Siza’s yellow columns, reminded me of Sandro Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi (1478–82). Left: Siza’s columns exhibited at Hauser…
housing sketch plan