Alvaro Siza

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The important and internationally renowed project career of the Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza has always been studded with brief writings, interventions about his works and observations regarding different cultures met in the world: they represent an occasional and private way - both lucid and concise - for Siza to express his thoughts about the complexities and doubts which permeate present-day artistic and professional practice in architecture.

This volume is the first publication which sistematically groups the most significative texts - mostly never published before - written or else specifically revised by the author, selected and organized according to the thematic sections and accompanied by exemplificative sketches: in Siza’s writings (gathered and translated by the architect Antonio Angelillo) you easily find the aesthetic values that are constantly present in the artistic production of the Portuguese architect, such as the simplicity and purity of his architectures, the equilibrium of the forms and the delicacy with which they immerse themselves within tha landscape.

Antonio Angelillo has exhaustively studied the phenomenon of contemporary Portuguese architecture, publishing numerous essays and articles, also in the review Casabella for which he has been editor since 1989. Since 1988 he has collaborated with the Siza Studio, taking part to the project for the reconstruction of Lisbon historical centre.