El Croquis Blog — Álvaro Siza

Fot.: John Pawson The Invisible Detail:Three Encounters with Álvaro Siza by Inmaculada Maluenda and Enrique Encabo Text published in El Croquis 215/216 Álvaro Siza 2015 2022  Álvaro Siza Vieira has just turned 89 years old. Born in 1933 in the port town of Matosinhos, he has stretched the calendar at both ends. As well as being extraordinarily precocious &mdash long before finishing his studies, at the age of 21, he had already tackled a few small commissions &mdash he has also achieved a rare longevity. Siza has been building over eight different decades, and in all of them he has made an...