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Having a Cigarette with Alvaro Siza

Pritzker Architecture Prize Winners • Documentary, 01-Jan-2016

Talking about architecture with Álvaro Siza Vieira, recipient of the Prizker Prize and one of this century’s finest architects, as well as socialist and passionate smoker. The film spotlights his early work and allows the viewer to gain insight into Siza's way of working and thinking.

“Architects don’t invent anything, they just transform reality.” — Álvaro Siza

Tags
Álvaro Siza, Architecture, Documentary, Learn from the Greats
Cast
Álvaro Siza Self
Crew
Iain Dilthey director

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