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Location: Portugal

Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art exterior courtyard
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March 11, 2000 /

Serralves Foundation  Museum of Contemporary Art
Álvaro Siza
Porto, Portugal

Serralves Museum, the first large-scale contemporary art museum in Portugal, is located in the Quinta de Serralves; a large property close to the center of Porto that includes a main house built in the 1930's for the Count of Vizela.

Santa Maria Church exterior
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December 10, 2010 /

Santa Maria Church
Álvaro Siza
Marco de Canavezes, Portugal

The Santa Maria Church in Marco de Canavezes is part of an overall complex that, together with a planned Parish Center, will form a small urban square.

Eduardo Souto de Moura - Silo Norte Shopping - Exterior

January 28, 2002 /

Silo Norte Shopping
Eduardo Souto de Moura
Matosinhos, Portugal

The program for the Silo Norte Shopping, located in the industrial Porto suburb of Matosinhos, called for an exhibition gallery and an auditorium inside an external concrete spiral ramp that gives access to terrace-level parking.