El Croquis Blog — Enrique Encabo

How Fiction Works.A Conversation with Eduardo Souto de Moura by Inmaculada Maluenda y Enrique Encabo Text published in El Croquis 218 Eduardo Souto de Moura 2015 2023  My family lived behind that grove of trees in the distance, heading towards the centre of town. The Italian School of Porto, where I studied, was nearby, and so was the pavilion where I’d go to watch the field hockey games against Spain. In summer, we’d go down to the beach at the mouth of the Douro; the water is so cold there that it’s like a gin and tonic. We’d have picnics there and my father,...

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...