ALVARO SIZA

BORN IN 1933 IN MATOSINHOS, PORTUGAL, ALVARO SIZA VIEIRA IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY RENOWNED ARCHITECTS OF HIS GENERATION. HIS SCULPTURAL WORKS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS “POETIC MODERNISM,” AND HIS DESIGNS HAVE LEFT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE WORLD OF ARCHITECTURE.

IN 1992, SIZA WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS PRITZKER PRIZE , AND WAS CONSIDERED A SUCCESSOR TO EARLY MODERNISTS. THE JURY CITATION PRAISED SIZA’S SHAPES, MOLDED BY LIGHT, FOR THEIR DECEPTIVE SIMPLICITY AND HONESTY.

SIZA’S COLLABORATION WITH LEBOND WATCHES HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND SIZA” WATCH EDITION.

PHOTO BY FERNANDO GUERRA