Álvaro Siza
Subtitle: the function of beauty
By: Carlos Castanheira
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780714868615
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Álvaro Siza is considered Portugal's greatest living architect. His buildings are known for their austere beauty and imaginativce relationship to their surroundings ... Each project in the book is explained in-depth with texts by ... Carlos Castanheira, Nuno Higino, and Álvaro Siza himself, and shown through photographs by Fernando Guerra ... complete sets of drawings and a wealth of Siza's sketches ... the buildings in this book ... include many projects in Portugal and others constructed around the globe"--
Notes: Originally published: 2009.

Includes index.