Showing 1–12 of 74 results for siza ordered by relevancy

Álvaro Siza: The Adoration of the magi

Álvaro Siza: The Adoration of the magi

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…

Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’

Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’

Manuel Montenegro

…dome in front of the aqueduct… Álvaro Siza (1933), page 2, from Caderno 39. DMC 2533.2. Álvaro Siza (1933), page 7, from Caderno 39. DMC 2533.7. …hesitation… Álvaro Siza (1933),…

The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza

The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza

Bruno Silvestre

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

Álvaro Siza: Sense Making

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

Siza and the limits of representation

Niall Hobhouse

…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

Álvaro Siza: Fast and Slow Lines

Lok-Kan Chau

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

Álvaro Siza: Drawn Closer

Álvaro Siza

…× 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

Álvaro Siza: A Vertical Dream

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…

About Malagueira: Siza’s Poem on Page 27 of Sketchbook 01

About Malagueira: Siza’s Poem on Page 27 of Sketchbook 01

Rodrigo Lino Gaspar

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…

Gowan & Siza: Housing and the City

Gowan & Siza: Housing and the City

…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…

Álvaro Siza: In/discipline

Álvaro Siza: In/discipline

…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,…

Álvaro Siza: Seven Early Sketchbooks

Álvaro Siza: Seven Early Sketchbooks

Niall Hobhouse, Manuel Montenegro and Álvaro Siza

https://vimeo.com/299042204 These films were made over four hours on the afternoon of Sunday 25 March 2018 in Álvaro Siza’s studio in Rua do Aleixo outside Porto. I had flown to…