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The referential book by Álvaro Siza on his own work, for the first time in English. Describing some of his projects, his expectations and struggles, references and decisions, this book is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Álvaro Siza’s architectural thinking.
The text is accompanied by an extensive set of drawings from his notebooks, an obstinate presence in Siza’s particular way of working, some of which never published before.
A personal and fundamental testimony of one of the most celebrated living architects, covering the full range of design – from architecture to city planning, furniture and objects – in a must-read book for all interested in Art and Architecture.

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Hardcover, 21 x 14 cm, 156 pages
67 croquis
Third Edition

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Edição exclusivamente em Inglês

The referential book by Álvaro Siza on his own work, first time in English. Describing some of his projects, his expectations and struggles, references and decisions, this book is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Álvaro Siza’s architectural thinking.
The text is accompanied by an extensive set of drawings from his notebooks, an obstinate presence in Siza’s particular way of working, some of which never published before.
A personal and fundamental testimony of one of the most celebrated living architects, covering the full range of design – from architecture to city planning, furniture and objects – in a must-read book for all interested in Art and Architecture.

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Capa dura, 21 x 14 cm, 156 páginas
67 desenhos
3.ª Edição Inglesa

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Special Edition, signed and numbered
Linen cover

The Order of Landscape presents a powerful insight into the work of a forefront figure in contemporary landscape architecture, João Gomes da Silva. Through an extensive duotone photo essay by João Carmo Simões, a collection of texts and a set of plans, the book unveils this seminal body of work.

Beginning in 1987, with Álvaro Siza in the Malagueira plan, Gomes da Silva’s career has decisively marked Portuguese contemporary architecture. From Serralves Museum Garden to Madeira’s Seafront Promenade and Lisbon's riverfront, his particular conception of new grounds proposes a formality without formalisms and a naturalness without naturalisms.

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Linen cover, 32 x 24 cm, 304 pages
156 photos plates, 24 technical drawings
10 selected writings
English Edition

Regular edition out of stock
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Edição Especial, assinada e numerada
Capa em tecido

The Order of Landscape presents a powerful insight into the work of a forefront figure in contemporary landscape architecture, João Gomes da Silva. Through an extensive duotone photo essay by João Carmo Simões, a collection of texts and a set of plans, the book unveils this seminal body of work.

Beginning in 1987, with Álvaro Siza in the Malagueira plan, Gomes da Silva’s career has decisively marked Portuguese contemporary architecture. From Serralves Museum Garden to Madeira’s Seafront Promenade and Lisbon's riverfront, his particular conception of new grounds proposes a formality without formalisms and a naturalness without naturalisms.

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Capa em tecido, 32 x 24 cm, 304 páginas
156 imagens, 23 desenhos técnicos
10 textos seleccionados
Edição em Inglês

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Edição regular esgotada
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Portuguese edition available here

Designed Future is a journey through the modern era: our life in cities, the Americas, new territories and the old continent, of vision and design as essential tools for building the future.

As the most complete collection of essays, interviews and lectures, this book is an in-depth view of the journey and particular thinking of one of the most contemporary architects, the Brazilian modern master, Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021).

For the first time translated in English, it disclosures a must-read intense and provocative thinker in contemporary times.

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Hardcover, 22 x 15,5 cm, 248 pages
41 archive photos and croquis

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This richly illustrated monograph explores the city-building aspirations of the Brazilian modern masters through their buildings in São Paulo. Works by Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, Salvador Candia, Rino Levi, Oscar Niemeyer and Paulo Mendes da Rocha were designed in response to the chaotic growth of one of the world’s largest metropolises.

CIVITAS brings together for the first time a unique collection of nineteen buildings, proposing a fresh take on them through new photographs especially taken for the book and graphic elements re-drawn by the author. Some of the works are today references in the urban public space, underlining the contemporary relevance of this architecture.

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Hardcover, 30 x 22 cm, 354 pages
19 works, 299 photos plates
104 technical drawings

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CIVITAS apresenta o desejo de construir cidade manifestado pelos mestres modernos brasileiros através dos seus edifícios em São Paulo. Obras de Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, Salvador Candia, Rino Levi, Oscar Niemeyer e Paulo Mendes da Rocha são desenhadas como resposta ao caótico crescimento de uma das maiores metrópoles do mundo.

Este livro reúne pela primeira vez um conjunto singular de edifícios, propondo uma leitura actual através de imagens inéditas e peças gráficas redesenhadas pelo autor. Parte destas obras são hoje os espaços de referência da cidade sublinhando a relevância contemporânea desta arquitectura.

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Capa dura, 30 x 22 cm, 354 páginas
19 obras, 299 imagens
104 desenhos técnicos

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Paulo Mendes da Rocha is one of the most acclaimed contemporary architects, Pritzker Prize 2006 and RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2017. This book presents the first great work in Europe by the Brazilian architect. It is in Lisbon, in one of the best known and symbolic areas of the city, the district of Belém, that the National Coach Museum is located. Built on the famous site where the Portuguese set sail to travel overseas, the Museum promises to stimulate thought on the relationship between the great city and its buildings, Europe and America, and the very idea of being modern.

The collection Architectural File presents a close look at particular works of some of the world’s greatest architects. Each volume contains an extended photographic essay, a critical interpretation by a respected specialist and an exploratory text by a renowned author from outside the field of architecture, proposing a different view of the project. A selected bibliography, chronology and a fold out poster assembling technical drawings and working details, provide the reader with a decisive insight into the work.

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Soft cover, 16,5 cm x 24 cm, 88 pages
35 photo plates
23 technical drawings and images
1 fold out poster 29 cm x 47,5 cm

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A primeira grande obra na Europa de um dos mais aclamados arquitectos contemporâneos, o brasileiro Paulo Mendes de Rocha, premiado recentemente com Prémio RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2017 e o Prémio Pritzker 2006.
É em Lisboa, numa das mais conhecidas e simbólicas esplanadas da cidade, a zona de Belém, que se situa o Museu Nacional dos Coches. Construído no local de referência de partida dos portugueses, das viagens e do além-mar, promete fazer pensar as relações entre a grande cidade e o casario, a Europa e a América, e a própria ideia de ser moderno.

Architectural File é uma colecção de livros sobre obras excepcionais de alguns dos melhores arquitectos do mundo. Cada volume contém um extenso ensaio fotográfico, um texto crítico de um especialista que nos introduz na leitura da obra e um ensaio por um autor de relevo, exterior à prática da arquitectura, que empresta o seu olhar sensível à revelação da arquitectura. Em conjunto com bibliografia seleccionada, cronologia de obras seleccionadas e um painel desdobrável com desenhos do projecto e pormenores construtivos, esta colecção constitui uma peça-chave no entendimento profundo e rigoroso de obras que compõem a maestria da prática da arquitectura.

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Capa mole, 16,5 cm x 24 cm, 88 páginas
35 fotografias
23 desenhos técnicos e imagens
Poster desdobrável 29 cm × 47,5 cm

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