Imagining the Evident is the first English-language edition of Álvaro Siza's referential writing on his own work — a rare instance of a major architect articulating, in his own words, the thinking behind a body of practice that spans architecture, city planning, furniture, and objects.
About This Book
Siza writes about his projects with the same precision he brings to a drawn line: specific about expectations, honest about struggle, clear on the references and decisions that shaped each work. This is not a conventional monograph — there are no glossy project spreads — but a personal testimony, one that grants access to an architectural mind at work across the full range of design. The text is accompanied by drawings from Siza's notebooks, an integral part of his practice, some appearing in print for the first time. For anyone serious about architectural thinking, this is primary source material from one of the most significant architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Key Features
- 156 pages of original texts and notebook drawings, including previously unpublished sketches
- Written by Álvaro Siza
- Published by Monade, ISBN 9789899948594
What You'll Discover
- Siza's own account of specific projects — the expectations he held, the struggles he encountered, and the decisions that resolved them
- The role of notebook drawing as an indispensable part of Siza's design process, not illustration but thought made visible
- How Siza's thinking connects across scales, from urban planning and architecture down to furniture and objects
- The references and influences Siza himself names — a precise map of the intellectual and visual landscape that informs his work
About the Author
Álvaro Siza is one of the most celebrated living architects, with a practice spanning architecture, city planning, furniture, and object design. His written reflections, gathered here in English for the first time, are considered a fundamental contribution to understanding his architectural thinking.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 156
- Dimensions: 21 × 14 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789899948594
- Publisher: Monade
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architecture students and practitioners seeking primary source insight into Siza's design process, academics researching contemporary Portuguese architecture, and serious design readers who want to understand how one of the world's foremost architects thinks.