Alvaro Siza (Studio Paperback) (Paperback)

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Studio Paperback monographs on the outstanding architects of the 20th century-concise and informative overviews of their complete works written and edited by noted authors. Each volume contains biographical details and a work chronology.

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Text: German, English

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Birkhäuser (Basel); 1st bilingual edition (March 1, 1996)
• ISBN-10: 3764355980
• ISBN-13: 978-3764355982
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,052,704 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Copiously illustrated review of 50 major works, October 28, 2005

By	Eugene Tenenbaum "reluctant reader" (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a concise and copiously illustrated paperback survey on only 208 pages of all major buildings and projects from 1958 to 1994 published under ISBN: 3764355980 by Birkhäuser (Basel...) and ISBN: 0817955980 by Birkhäuser (Boston) in English and German side by side. Following 7 pages with analysis of the architect's style, each of the presented 50 works is headed by a description from as little as just a few lines to over a page long followed by illustrations from one to several depending on the work's scope. All of 300 only B&W (some multi-picture) illustrations - many of them technical (plans, sections, sketches, elevations, etc.), but also B&W photos of a good quality - are well balanced, superbly crisp and perfectly legible. On several pages at the end, there are: a biography, selected bibliography, list of works, etc. Like all from the Studio Paperback series, this book is solid among architectural monographs even of a bigger size. Similar to smaller books from the Works and Projects series published by Gustavo Gili (GG) in English and Spanish.