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Publications and Mentions

Newspapers, magazines and reports

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  • "De Matosinhos - Leça", O Comércio do Porto, March 1957.

  • Arquitectura no. 68, july 1960.

  • L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, no. 211, October 1980.

  • Álvaro Siza, Professione Poetica, Electa / Rizzoli, Milan / New York, 1986, p. 26. Editions in Italian, English, Portuguese and Spanish.

  • Arquitectura Portuguesa, 1987, p.44.

  • Meet the First "Victim" of Álvaro Siza Vieira, Valdemar Cruz, 2017.

  • Siza before Siza. Álvaro Siza l'Opera Prima, Casabella, no. 896, April 2019.

  • "One of the Four Houses by Álvaro Siza Has Been Restored", A Voz de Matosinhos, 6 January 2024.

  • "Vakantie in mooiste overnachten in geschiedenis en stijl huizen van Europa", Monumentaal, no. 3, july 2025.

  • "At Home with... Maria Manuel Neto – Casa d’Abreu Neto – Porto", Teresa Castro Viana, photography by Maria João Gala, Blue Travel, no. 4, 2025.

  • ArchDaily Brasil, since February 2026.

  • "The First Four Houses", BauNetz, 2026.

  • "Opera Prima" , Matteo Vercelloni, Interni, no. 4, April 2026.

 

​​Exhibitions and catalogs

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  • Donation of the Quatro Casas archive by Álvaro Siza Vieira to the Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal, 2015.

  • Listed in the Fundación DOCOMOMO Ibérico since 1996.

  • ​Part of the Open House Porto programme since 2016.

  • Member of the Iconic Houses Network since September 2024.​

  • Álvaro Siza, In/discipline, Serralves Museum, Oporto, September 2019 - January 2020. Curated by Nuno Grande with Carles Muro.

  • Siza before Siza. Álvaro Siza l'Opera Prima, Casabella laboratorio, Milan,, April 2019. Curated by Massino Curzi.

  • Siza before Siza. Álvaro Siza l'Opera Prima, Casa Roberto Ivens, January 2020. Curated by Massino Curzi.

  • "Quatro Casas Transformações e Permanências na Casa Neto", XII DOCOMOMO Ibérico Congress, Valladolid, 29 September 2023. Inês Ruas and Nuno Valentim.

  • C.A.S.A. Álvaro Siza Collection, Archive, Ala Siza, Serralves Museum, Oporto, February-October 2024. Curated by António Choupina.

  • SIZA, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, May-August 2024. Curated by Carlos Quintáns.

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

  • SIZA catalogue, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2024.

  • Álvaro Siza: The Archive, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, June-September 2025. Curated by António Choupina, with the participation of Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira.

 

​​​Doctoral theses and academic papers

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  • Habitar em Portugal nos anos 1960: Rotura e Antecedentes. Um Caminho pelo Interior do discurso, Patrícia Santos Pedrosa, doctoral thesis.

  • Álvaro Siza: Lugar e Crisis, Angel Illescas Marin, doctoral thesis.

  • Lá poética de Álvaro Siza, Josefina Flores Martinez, doctoral thesis.​​

  • Estudo do Pátio na Habitação Unifamiliar: Quatro Casas de Álvaro Siza Vieira, Master's dissertation in Architecture, Universidade da Beira Interior, 2013, Adriana Isabel Rodrigues Lima Delgado.

  • Intervenções no Património Arquitectónico Português da Segunda Metade do Século XX: Conceitos, Práticas e Metodologias, Sara Inês Ruas, ongoing doctoral research, Faculty of Architecture, University of Oporto, under the supervision of Professor Architect Nuno Valentim.

 

​​​​​​Books

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  • O Nosso Arquitecto, Maria João Neto, 2024.

  • Guia de Arquitetura Álvaro Siza - Projetos Construídos - Portugal, A+A Books.

  • Matéria-Prima: Um Olhar sobre o Arquivo de Álvaro Siza, Serralves Collection. 

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

  • Álvaro Siza em Matosinhos, José Salgado, Edições Afrontamento.

  • Álvaro Siza - Obra e Método. Livro 1, Jacinto Rodrigues, Livraria Civilização Editora, April 1992.

  • Álvaro Siza: Complete Works, Kenneth Frampton, Phaidon Press Londres, 1992.

  • The Architecture of Álvaro Siza, Peter Testa, MIT Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts), 1988.

  • Siza by Siza, Antonio Angelillo (org.), Princeton Architectural Press, Nova Iorque, 1998.

  • El Croquis 68/69: Álvaro Siza 1958-1994, Madrid, 1995.

 

​​​​​​​Books including design pieces from the house

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  • 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.

  • Álvaro Siza - Móveis e Objetos, Figueirinhas, 1995. Editions in Portuguese and English.

  • Arte Interior - Siza Vieira e o Desenho de Objetos, Maria Helena Souto e Alexandre Nobre Pais (eds.), Calidoscópio 2017.

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Cinema

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The First Siza, directed by Sara Nunes, produced by Building Pictures, 2025.

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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."

Live the origin
Experience the first masterpiece

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