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Álvaro Siza
Precise interventions that respond to the complexity of a place.
Background & practice
Siza’s practice developed in Portugal, with housing, civic buildings and urban interventions forming a broad architectural body of work. The 1992 Pritzker record traces a design process attentive to the particular conditions of each commission.
How to read the work
Responding to context does not require copying its visual language. Geometry, movement and small adjustments can negotiate between new construction and a changing city.
Professional recognition
1992 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate.
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