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Publications and Mentions

Newspapers, Magazines and Reports

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Exhibitions and Catalogs

The entire collection of the Four Houses was donated to the Serralves Foundation (Porto, Portugal) by Architect Álvaro Siza in 2015.

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  • The House has been registered with the Iberian Docomomo Foundation since 1996 

  • ​House has been part of the Open House Porto initiative since 2016

  • Since September 2024 the House is a Member of the Iconic Houses Foundation

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  • Exhibition "Álvaro Siza, In/disciplina", at the Serralves Museum from September 2019 to January 2020, organized by the Serralves Foundation and curated by Nuno Grande with Carles Muro

  • Exhibition "Siza antes do Siza. Álvaro Siza l'Opera Prima", in the Casabella laboratory space - Milan, curated by Massino Curzi, April 2019

  • Exhibition "Siza antes do Siza. Álvaro Siza l'Opera Prima", at Casa Roberto Itens, curated by Massino Curzi, January 2020

  • Presentation at the XII Iberian Docomomo Congress, on September 29, 2023, Valladolid "Quatro Casas Transformações e Permanências na Casa Neto" - Inês Ruas and Nuno Valentim

  • Exhibition C.A.S.A. Álvaro Siza Collection, Archive, at the Serralves Museum - Álvaro Siza Wing, from Feb-2024 to Oct-2024, curated by António Choupina

  • SIZA exhibition at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Museum from May to August 2024, curated by Carlos Quintáns

  • Exhibition catalogue C.A.S.A., Coleção Álvaro Siza, Arquive, 2024, Serralves Foundation​

  • Exhibition catalogue SIZA, 2024, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian 

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Theses and Scientific Articles

  • Doctoral Thesis "Habitar em Portugal nos anos 1960: rotura e antecedentes. Um caminho pelo interior do discurso ", Patrícia Santos Pedrosa

  • Access to the Thesis " Álvaro Siza: lugar e crisis ", Angel Illescas Marin

  • Access to the Thesis " Lá poética de Álvaro Siza ", Josefina Flores Martinez​​

  • Ruas, Sara Inês. Intervenções no Património Arquitectónico Português da Segunda Metade do Século XX. Conceitos, práticas e metodologias. (working title). Ongoing PhD research at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto under the supervision of Prof. Arq. Nuno Valentim.

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Books

  • Book "O Nosso Arquitecto" by Maria João Neto, 2024

  • Álvaro Siza Architecture Guide Book, Built Projects, Portugal, A+A Books

  • Book Raw Material: A look at the Álvaro Siza archive, from the Serralves Collection 

  • Book Retratos de Siza, Valdemar Cruz, Lápis de Memórias, April 2017

  • Book Álvaro Siza em Matosinhos, José Salgado, Afrontamento Editions

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Books present in the House containing design pieces:

  • "Siza design", ArteBooks, July 2013

  • "Porto Poetic ", Roberto Cremascoli, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 2013

  • "Álvaro Siza, Obras e Projectos", Electa, Centro Galegos de Arte Contemporânea, July 1996

Sala Casa d'Abreu Neto
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The First Siza

A Building Pictures Documentary

Directed by: Sara Nunes / Original Idea: João Rapagão and Sara Nunes

"The First Siza is a documentary about the Quatro Casas, Álvaro Siza's first work, designed while he was a student, and the impact of architecture on people's lives. Based on the reunion, 60 years later, between the architect and Fernando Neto — his first client and owner of one of the houses in Matosinhos — the film reveals how this project was decisive in his career.

 

With interviews with Siza, the house's inhabitants and the critic Francesco Dal Co, as well as current and archive images, the narrative shows how architecture and life intertwine over time."

Feel part of Siza's history.
Experience the first work of all.

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