Alvaro Siza: the epic and the everyday

By and Jonathan Woolf Jonathan Woolf2009-02-27T00:00:00

"Undoubtedly a master": Siza’s work concerns the city as a whole as much as individual structures

Why the work of Alvaro Siza, the Portuguese architect who this week receives the RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal, is an inspiration for architects everywhere

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