Álvaro Siza, Serralves Museum, Porto, 1991-1999. First sketches for the projetc, [1991] 29,7 x 42,0 cm. [ASV/FS 25] Álvaro Siza’s practice is distinguished by his use of drawing as a working ...

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza turned 90 this summer, but his output suggests he has little intention of slowing down. His latest work is an extension to the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal ...

Photo: Porto Convention & Visitors Bureau/flickr Located on a sprawling 45 acres in west Porto, Portugal, the Serralves Foundation may not have the same name recognition as the Tate Modern in ...

Álvaro Siza’s original museum design for Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto was completed in 1999 – a low-slung, whitewashed modernist architecture building sitting on the grounds of Parque ...

The Fundação de Serralves is situated about 3 miles west of downtown Porto, neighboring the beach area of Foz to the east. You can reach the complex by bus, route Nos. 201, 203, 502 and 504 all ...

Serralves Museum, Porto. But he also insists that emotion is one of the most important tools in architecture. "You have to feel what you are doing, and not be so rational that you just solve the ...