Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect and designer whose structures, ranging from swimming pools to public housing developments, were characterized by a quiet clarity of form and function, a sensitive integration into their environment, and a purposeful engagement with both cultural and architectural traditions. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1992.
Movies1 2007 HD
Created on the initiative of the architect Nuno Portas as Secretary of State for Housing and Urban Development of the First Provisional Government,...
Movies1 2003 HD
In Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality Portugal's renowned architect reviews his work with architectural historian, Kenneth Frampton. While touring his...
Movies1 2023 HD
Movies7 2018 HD
Documentary adaptation of the book "Labirinto da Saudade," a deconstruction of the Portuguese ethos from a philosophical and historical point of...
Movies1 2004 HD
A documentary about Álvaro Siza Vieira in Cape Verde and his project to restore the old town of Ribeira Grande, the first city to be built by...
Movies1 2016 HD
Talking about architecture with Álvaro Siza Vieira, Pritzker Prize and one of this century’s finest architects, socialist and passionate...
Movies6 2019 HD
How can structures, which take up defined, rigid portions of space, make us feel transcendence? How can chapels turn into places of introspection?...
