Siza’s Malagueira housing project, one of the most ambitious urban interventions of the young Portuguese democracy after the 1974 Revolution of the Carnations, has gradually grown over the years from a low-cost housing project into thee authentic c
Among the many architectural projects undertaken for the 1993 Saint James Holy Year celebrations in Santiago de Compostela is Siza’s Center of Art, located next to the monastery of Santo Domingo de Bonaval. Next to the monastery, an old stable of the
The Ceramique Terrein complex occupies a site roughly similar to a section of a circle. Its curved side is defined by a wide boulevard. One of the elements of the project is sited almost parallel to this curve, a linear block of six floors, slightly
Álvaro Siza’s assignment in the town of Marco de Canavéses was to create a complete parochial center, with church, funerary chapel, auditorium, school and residence. As in many of the Portuguese master's projects, the urban context was of fundamental
The Galician Center of Contemporary Art will be the second building to be erected by Álvaro Siza in Spain, this time in line with the celebration of the year of St. James. The site is naturally within the complex urban scheme of Santiago. It is more
The former Riquer Gate once gave access to the city of Alcoy from the old Madrid high road, wich reached it by way of the steep banks of the Barxell eiver. When the María Cristina bridge was built in the last century, the area began to decline into i
