- Hardcover: 620 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd; ... edition (Nov 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0714840041
- ISBN-13: 978-0714840048
- Product Dimensions: 30 x 25.9 x 5.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 967,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book is so comprehensive in its illustrative material that an outsider with no previous awareness of Siza's oeuvre can make fair and balanced judgements on how the architect has evolved, which buildings work, and where he has become tired ... an exceptional book.' (Times Literary Supplement)
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A comprehensive study of the work of Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza, this monograph covers his built works, projects and writings from the early 1950s to 1999. Born in 1933 in Matosinhos, Portugal, Siza is one of the world's most respected architects, and the recipient of many awards including the Alvar Aalto Foundation Gold Medal in 1988 and the US Pritzker Prize in 1992. Writings by Siza complement the monograph which is presented in chronological order.
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'Oporto' is not Porto Fino, Porto Novo, or Porto Santo, but simply o Porto, 'the Harbour'. Read the first page
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A good book of the architect of the moment!, 17 Mar 2001
By J. Moura - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Alvaro Siza Monograph: The Complete Works (Hardcover)
Some people say Siza is the architect of the white! Probably, if whe can understand that the white colour of his facades is the consequence of his absolutly control of plans and forms. He is a genius! This book is a good way to show almost all works of Siza. For me there is only one book that is better than this one: "Alvaro Siza - the book, from ElCroquis".But anyway, buy this book if you want to understand the genius of Alvaro Siza.
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Very Good Overview, 30 Oct 2006
By D. Bank "LM" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Alvaro Siza (Paperback)
If you want to get a fine overview of Siza's works, this book might be just fine. It inculdes a short presentation of all of his works, the major buildings are featured more extensively. There are plenty of Siza's beautiful sketches and abstract line drawings might clarify his projects sufficiently (how could the editor oversee that the faculty of Porto is mirrored?). It is remarkable that most of the photos do not present the the projects in the just finished state, but how they look like right now, making plain how gracefully Siza's buildings get older. I have to agree that Le Croquis might show his major buildings more in depth and documents far more Siza's own point of view with two long interviews, however this edition is for sure worth the money.
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Not as good as ISBN: 8864130063, 14 Nov 2011
By Eugene Tenenbaum "reluctant reader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Alvaro Siza (Archipockets) (Hardcover)
Small size; not many pages and projects; very small and barely legible plans, sections, and elevations; good quality photos; well published on not glossy paper; very well bound; inferior to 120-page Alvaro Siza (Minimum, Essential Architecture Library), ISBN: 8864130063.
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