Having a Cigarette with Alvaro Siza
Pritzker Architecture Prize Winners
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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
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