A study of over 40 years work by the Portuguese architect. Introduction by Kenneth Frampton A comprehensive study of over 40 years of work by the Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza (b.1933) Covers Siza's work from 1952-99, from his early houses in Portugal to the Galician Centre for Contemporary Art in Spain, town plans for Brazil and Portugal and the restoration of the Stedelijk Museum Text by noted architectural critic Kenneth Frampton is interspersed with Siza's own writings Includes many of Siza's original sketches 220 colour illustrations, 145 black and white illustrations, 300 line drawings sakriti opis