Álvaro Siza: Notes on a Sensitive Architecture Hardcover – March 30, 2010

Buen precio para un libro que no requiere que sepas portugués para entenderlo ( además de que aproximadamente solo 4 páginas tienen texto) y que muestra algunos de los proyectos seleccionados para el pritzker tanto en fotos como en dibujos de planta y sección. Esperaba dibujos en una mayor escala.

ISBN 8499368697: Text only on 3 pages in Introduction and Biography. Each project is depicted in beautiful color pictures, plans, sections, elevations, and sometimes a site plan, pen sketches, or a 3D linear view. All is very well published, printed on semi-glossy paper, and hard-bound.CONTENTS:Introducão 6Biografia 8EQUIPAMENTOS CULTURAISCentro Galego de Arte Contemporânea | 1988-1993 10Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Fundação de Serralves | 1991-1999 24CENTROS DE LAZERPavilhão de Portugal na Expo 1998 | 1995-1998 40Pavilhão de Portugal na Expo 2000 | 1999-2000 54ESCRITÓRIOSAdega Mayor | 2003-2006 66Fábrica de Móveis Vitra Internacional | 1991-1994 80Centro Meteorológico Territorial da Catalunha | 1990-1992 92Edifício de Escritórios Ferreira de Castro | 1989-1995 104EDIFÍCIOS PÚBLICOSEstação do Metropotitano Baixa-Chiado | 1992-1998 110Igreja de Santa Maria e Centro Paroquial | 1990-1996 118Equipamento Desportivo Ribera-Serrallo | 2003-2005 126Faculdade de Arquitetura do Porto | 1986-1996 142VIVENDASCasas Sociais em Doedijnstraat | 1989-1993 154Casa David Vieira de Castro | 1984-1994 164ESPAÇOS COMERCIAISComplexo Terraços de Bragança | 1991 170Casa de Chá-Restaurante da Boa Nova 1958-1963 182FROM THE BACK COVER (translated from Portuguese):Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira (1933) is one of the architects who enjoys well-deserved international recognition and prestige. His architectural style identity stands out for the weaving buildings as if they were musical poetry. The style's architectural hypersensitivity characterizes-itself by stressing importance of the landscape; this harbors a hidden structure from which the architect must draw the shape. Siza Vieira attaches special importance to the preliminary sketches for each project. He is a professor and lecturer at several universities worldwide and has received the most prestigious awards for architecture, such as the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1992), the RIBA Gold Medal (2009) and the UIA Gold Medal (2011). This monograph is a compilation of projects most representative and most current of his prolific creation.

ISBN 8496936988: Each project is depicted in beautiful color photos, small plans, sections, elevations, and sometimes pen sketches, a site plan, or a 3D linear view, and described by a half-page text. All is very well published, printed on semi-glossy paper, and hard-bound.FROM THE BACK COVER:This special monograph edition is a compilation of the most current and representative projects in the prolific career of Alvaro Siza, one of the most prestigious international architects on the contemporary scene. Over a long and far-reaching creative career, Alvaro Siza has received the most prestigious architectural awards, such as the European Union's Mies van der Rohe Prize for Contemporary Architecture (1988), the Pritzker Prize (1992), the Portuguese National Architecture Prize (1993), the AlvarAalto Foundation's Gold Medal (1998) and, finally, the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal (February 2009).His works are presented in their different categories, such as cultural spaces, leisure centers, office developments, public buildings, homes, and commercial spaces. A wide selection of images, graphics and documents offers readers the opportunity to visit the work of this Portuguese architect.CONTENTS:7 Introduction9 BiographyCULTURAL FACILITIES10 Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art 1991-199926 Galicia Museum of Contemporary Art 1988-1993RECREATIONAL CENTERS40 Portugal pavillion. Expo 1998 1995-199854 Portugal pavillion. Expo 2000 1999-2000OFFICES66 Adega Mayor winery 2003-200680 Territorial Meteorological Center of Catalonia 1990-199292 Vitra International furniture factory 1991-1994104 Ferreira de Castro office building 1989-1995PUBLIC BUILDINGS110 Ribera-Serrallo sports complex 2003-2005126 Santa Maria church and parish center 1990-1996134 Baixa/Chiado rapid transit (metro) station 1992-1998142 Faculty of Architecture. University of Porto 1986-1996DWELLINGS154 Social housing in Doedijnstraat 1989-1993164 David Vieira de Castro house 1984-1994COMMERCIAL SPACES170 Boa Nova Tea House 1958-1963182 Terraços de Bragança residential, services, and business complex 1991

this book as a good quality price relation. of course you may have better books of siza bu this could be a nice start for size knowlege