ORDER NOW AND RECEIVE A SPECIAL GIFT
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.
PHOTOS BY FERNANDO GUERRA
BORN IN 1952 IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA IS A PRESTIGIOUS ARCHITECT KNOWN FOR COMBINING THE CLEAN LINES OF ABSTRACT MINIMALISM WITH THE USE OF LOCAL MATERIALS AND BUILDING TECHNIQUES.
DUE TO HIS ARCHITECTURE THAT APPEARS EFFORTLESS, SERENE AND SIMPLE, AND FOR THE CARE AND POETRY THAT PERMEATES EACH PROJECT, EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA RECEIVED THE PRITZKER PRIZE IN 2011. OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A “MIESIAN ARCHITECT”, THE PRITZKER JURY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS INFLUENCE WITH THE WORDS, “HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO USE STONE THAT IS A THOUSAND YEARS OLD, OR TO TAKE INSPIRATION FROM A MODERN DETAIL BY MIES VAN DER ROHE”.
HIS COLLABORATION WITH LEBOND WATCHES WILL RESULT IN THE “LEBOND SOUTO” WATCH EDITION, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED SOON!
PHOTOS BY FERNANDO GUERRA