Álvaro Siza Complete Works, by Kenneth Frampton (Phaidon Press 2000), is a comprehensive study of Álvaro Siza’s work, charting over 40 years of buildings.
Álvaro Siza is one of the world’s most respected architects. Since the 1950s he has built and taught extensively, both in Portugal and internationally. Siza’s architecture is based on a unity of space and volume. It is vigorous and coherent – each work reveals a unique sensitivity to the rural or urban context to which it belongs without detracting from its functional and stylistic identity (…)
This monograph is a comprehensive study of Álvaro Siza’s work and charts over forty years of buildings and projects, represented by photographs, working drawings and many of Siza’s sketches. An introductory essay by Kenneth Frampton examines Siza’s prolific practice and its evolution, while writings by Siza are interspersed throughout the book, offering a unique personal perspective on his work and twentieth-century architecture as a whole.
– Kenneth Frampton, Àlvaro Siza Complete Works (Phaidon Press, 2000), excerpt from the book description
The text is in English. The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings.
Our copy is in very good condition. The pages are clean; no markings except for the previous owner’s small name sticker on the first flyleaf. The binding is fine. The dust jacket shows only some minor shelf wear.
