Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira is a Portuguese architect, without any exaggeration a living myth and a piece of history of the international architecture of the past 100 years. Today he turns 81 and we’ve rounded up some of his most inspiring works, as seen in archdaily.
Edifício de Escritórios | Novartis Campus – 2012. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Lérida University – 2008. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Fundação Iberê Camargo – 2008. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Mimesis Museum | with Carlos Castanheira & Jun Sung Kim – 2011. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Amore Pacific Campus – with Carlos Castanheira & Kim Jong Kyu. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Parque Atlântico – 2005. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Winery Mayor – 2007. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Gondomar Sports Complex – 2008. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Santo Ovídio Chapel – 2002. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Borges & Irmão Bank – 1986. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Portuguese pavilion for Expo 98 – 1998. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
“Insel Hombroich” Museum – 2009. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
House in South Korea – 2012. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Amore Pacific Campus – with Carlos Castanheira & Kim Jong Kyu. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
“The relationship between nature and construction is decisive in architecture. This relationship, a permanent feature of any project, is to me a kind of obsession; it was always decisive in the course of history, and yet, today tends towards gradual extinction.”
Leça da Palmeira Swimming Pool – 1966. Image © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Source: archdaily, deeze
