Archinect - News2024-05-02T04:29:27-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150416916/lvaro-siza-s-self-named-serralves-museum-expansion-opens-in-portugal
Álvaro Siza's self-named Serralves Museum expansion opens in Portugal Josh Niland2024-02-19T12:28:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9b/9b338a4702240de221fd25513bf051bb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Serralves Foundation in Porto, Portugal, has shared photos of its recently inaugurated new wing designed by and named for the country’s beloved Pritzker Prize-winning architect, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/17135/lvaro-siza-vieira" target="_blank">Álvaro Siza</a>.</p>
<p>The 45,000-square-foot expansion is the fifth building designed by Siza for the foundation after the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (1999), Manoel de Oliveira Cinema House (2019), Gardeners’ House (2021), and the restored Serralves Art Déco Villa (2021). </p>
<p>"With a wing dedicated to the Permanent Collection and Architecture, the Serralves Museum is more than ever an institution where the present is fully activated and where the recent past is settled and decanted. It allows the institution to fully take responsibility for its history and legacy, as well as for its role as the leading institution in Portugal dedicated to the history and the present of contemporary art and culture," Director Philippe Vergne stated.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/07/07cb9628945dd366946483c5d0dd604d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/07/07cb9628945dd366946483c5d0dd604d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Photo: FG+SG</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The new wing was realized in Serralves Park to the western side...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/104955739/lvaro-siza-donates-his-architectural-archives-to-institutions-in-portugal-and-canada
Álvaro Siza donates his architectural archives to institutions in Portugal and Canada Alexander Walter2014-07-24T18:53:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/oj/ojsyypmdwonv5soi.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Portuguese architect <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/17135/lvaro-siza-vieira" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Álvaro Siza</a> this week announced to donate his architectural archive to public architectural institutions in Portugal and Canada. The decision was motivated by Siza's desire of fostering discussion and dialogue in a research-oriented context.</p><p>One part of the archive will be donated to the <a href="http://www.cca.qc.ca/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canadian Centre for Architecture</a> (CCA) in Montreal, and the other part will be given to two Portuguese institutions, the <a href="http://www.gulbenkian.pt/Institucional/en/Homepage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fundação Gulbenkian</a> in Lisbon and the <a href="http://www.serralves.pt/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fundação de Serralves</a> in Porto.</p><p>“The CCA is thrilled to accept this generous donation," remarked CCA Director Mirko Zardini. "I have known Álvaro Siza and followed his work closely for several decades. His architecture escapes easy classification, but always offers a lesson – a new way of seeing the world around us. His buildings have a distinct character and particular relationship to their urban or natural settings, always born from the desire to participate in the world. Siza’s drawings and sketches reflect his ability to...</p>