João Gomes da Silva
When my eyes got used to the raw light of the North Coast, I contemplated sand, concrete steps, water flats between rocks, and the immense sea with the waves battling in foam. I remember thinking an obviousness, the obviousness of what Architecture is, and how it builds the Landscape. This moment changed my life, at the exact moment when I started to become a Landscape Architect.
Read MoreJonathan Sergison
More than any other architect I can think of, Álvaro Siza, has inspired me throughout my career. I first visited his buildings in Porto as a fourth-year student of architecture in 1987, although I had been aware of them throughout my studies. I was always profoundly moved by them, but they are buildings that have to been seen for their many qualities to be evident.
Read MoreGiven Alvaro Siza’s reluctance to describe his own work, any opportunity to delve back into his writing is precious, and the care that has gone into this small book fully justifies its publication.
Read MoreDaniela Sá
When Arnold Schoenberg critiqued the work of Adolf Loos, he remarked that the possibility of invention, “was in the modes of intuition”, adding, “and this is the most noble origin of a work of art.” Banishing the idea of invention from that of novelty by forms appears to be as essential to Schoenberg in the early twentieth century as it is to Álvaro Siza, a century later.
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