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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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The Casa de Serralves is a celebrated modernist icon. Designed between Porto and Paris (1925-43), in the superimposed work of five architects, the villa is revealed through large scale photographs by João Carmo Simões and edited drawings. This referential work brings together avant-garde and traditional desires – an ambiguity that forged generations of architects.

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Large format, 32 x 24 cm, 100 pages
50 black & white and color photo plates
Technical drawings

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A Casa de Serralves é um ícone internacional da arquitectura modernista. Desenhada entre Porto e Paris (1925-43), na sobreposição das obras de cinco arquitectos, a Casa é aqui revelada através das imagens de João Carmo Simões e de desenhos de projecto reeditados. Esta obra de referência expressa simultaneamente desejos vanguardistas e tradicionais – uma ambiguidade que influenciou decisivamente gerações de arquitectos.

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Grande formato, 32 x 24 cm, 100 páginas
50 imagens a preto e branco e a cores
Desenhos gerais do projecto

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BIAU BOOK AWARD - XIII Architecture and Urbanism Ibero-American Biennial

Lisbon is being ravaged by an unprecedented housing crisis. The exponential increase of prices, the combined outcome of the financialisation of housing and the lack of continued investment of public policies, means that every Portuguese person is, or knows someone who is, affected by the crisis. There is a restless public debate, but little has been told about the buildings that will give shape to the political strategies that are being conceived and implemented. Which city do we wish to build to face the problem? What can be the role of architecture in this context?

Living in Lisbon concisely presents the conjecture and possibilities of action to think about the building of the city. The book includes an overview of the most charismatic architectures resulting from public housing policies that have been built in Lisbon over the course of 50 years of democracy, describes the main projects that are currently on the table, presents analytical visions of the present situation and freely envisions plans for the future in the form of dialogue, essay or manifesto.

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29,7 x 21 cm, 160 pages
Softcover with dust-jacket
Edição em Português aqui.

PRÉMIO BIAU - XIII Bienal Ibero-americana de Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Lisboa está a ser assolada por uma crise habitacional sem precedentes. A subida exponencial do custo das casas, resultado combinado da financeirização da habitação e da falta de investimento continuado de políticas públicas, faz com que qualquer português seja, ou conheça alguém, atingido pela crise. Há debate público agitado, mas pouco se tem falado sobre os edifícios que darão forma às estratégias políticas que estão a ser concebidas e implementadas. Que cidade desejamos construir para responder ao problema? Qual pode ser o papel da Arquitetura neste contexto?

Habitar Lisboa apresenta de forma sintética a conjuntura e as hipóteses de ação para pensar a construção da cidade. O livro inclui uma panorâmica das arquiteturas mais carismáticas resultado das políticas públicas de habitação construídas em Lisboa ao longo de 50 anos de democracia, faz uma resenha dos principais projetos que, hoje, estão em cima da mesa, apresenta visões analíticas da situação atual e perspetiva, com liberdade, desígnios para o futuro em formato de diálogo, ensaio ou manifesto.

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29,7 x 21 cm, 160 páginas
Capa mole com sobrecapa
English edition here

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DAM Architectural Book Award 2024!

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A groundbreaking work of modernity in Porto, the FEP faculty building is a hidden architectural masterpiece, designed by Alfredo Viana de Lima in the 1960s. Through photographs especially taken by João Carmo Simões and edited drawings, this book shows why the project has been, a silent reference for generations of Portuguese architects.

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Large format, 32 x 24 cm, 100 pages
47 photo plates, 8 inserts with color photo plates
Technical drawings

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Obra pioneira da modernidade no Porto, o edifício da Faculdade de Economia do Porto é uma obra-prima pouco conhecida, projectada por Alfredo Viana de Lima na década de 60. Com imagens de João Carmo Simões e desenhos de projecto reeditados, este livro mostra porque é que esta obra tem sido uma referência silenciosa para gerações de arquitectos portugueses.

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Grande formato, 32 x 24 cm, 100 páginas
47 imagens, 8 encartes com imagens a cores
Desenhos gerais do projecto

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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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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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32 x 24 cm, 304 pages
156 photos plates, 24 technical drawings
10 selected writings
Text in English

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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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32 x 24 cm, 304 páginas
156 imagens, 24 desenhos técnicos
10 escritos seleccionados
Texto em Inglês

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Edição Especial disponível aqui
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Futuro Desenhado é o livro seminal que revela em profundidade o percurso e o pensamento singular do mais reconhecido e premiado arquitecto brasileiro, Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Reunindo escritos, entrevistas e depoimentos na mais completa colectânea de textos publicada, este livro tem agora uma segunda edição, revista e aumentada.

Futuro Desenhado é um percurso pela condição moderna, da nossa vida nas cidades, da América, do território novo e do velho continente, da visão e do desenho como ferramenta essencial da construção do futuro. 

22 x 15,5 cm, 272 páginas
27 imagens e 12 croquis
36 textos
2.ª Edição Revista e Aumentada

1.ª Edição ainda disponível aqui (Últimos Exemplares)

English Edition available here
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One of the most referential architectural spaces in Lisbon, the Gulbenkian Foundation complex is a Portuguese architectural masterpiece made possible by the collective work of five architects. Through specially taken photographs by André Cepeda and edited drawings, this book shows why the project has been, since the 1960s, a reference for generations of architects.

A hidden gem of modern architecture is now unveiled through the sensitive approach of André Cepeda as a result of almost two years of searching for the particular character of its spaces and relations.

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Softcover, 32 x 24 cm, 134 pages
66 photo plates, 7 inserts with color photo plates
Technical drawings
Project description

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Disponível em RAROS

Um dos espaços de referência em Lisboa, a Fundação Gulbenkian nasceu do trabalho colectivo de cinco arquitectos. Com imagens de André Cepeda, desenhos e memória descritiva, este livro propõe revelar como este projecto é, desde a década de 60, uma referência para gerações de arquitectos.

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Capa mole, 32 x 24 cm, 134 páginas
66 imagens, 7 encartes com imagens a cores
Desenhos técnicos
Memória descritiva do projecto

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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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