Blog: From Santiago de Compostela to Porto, Murcia, Alicante and Valencia...

By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief, arcspace.com

Photo: arcspace December Sunset, Alvaro Siza Ocean Swimming Pool (1996)
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal

With our car full of books and our iBooks full of future features we are on the way from a Porto sunset towards a Barcelona sunrise.....

What we see is what you get, and we have seen some fantastic buildings that we can't wait to tell you about. Following are lots of "teasers".....

Photo: arcspace Alvaro Siza Galician Center for Contemporary Art (1993) Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Siza was also responsible for the adjoining Santo Domingo de Bonaval Garden (1994)


Photo: arcspace Alvaro Siza University of Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain


Photo: arcspace Alvaro Siza Boa Nova Tea House and Restaurant (1963 -1991) Leça da Palmeira, Portugal


Photo: arcspace Alvaro Siza Ocean Swimming Pool (1996) Leça da Palmeira, Portugal


Photo: arcspace Alvaro Siza Faculty of Architecture (1993) University of Porto, Portugal


Photo: arcspace First Sunday of Advent Mass Santa Maria Church (1996-) Marco de Canavezes, Portugal


Photo: arcspace Alvaro Siza Serralves Foundation (1999) Porto, Portugal


Photo: arcspace Alvaro Siza Alvaro Siza Office (1996) Porto, Portugal Alvaro Siza shares his "Casa Portugesa", finished in 1996, with a number of other Porto architects that includes his friend Eduardo Souto de Moura.


Sketches courtesy Alvaro Siza & Eduardo Souto de Moura   Souto de Moura sketched by Siza Siza sketched by Souto de Moura

Photo: arcspace Eduardo Souto de Moura Silo Norte Shopping (1998) Matosinhos, Portugal


Sketch courtesy Eduardo Souto de Moura Eduardo Souto de Moura Braga Stadium Completion 2004


Photo: arcspace Alvaro Siza Rectory of the University of Alicante (1998) Alicante, Spain


Photo: arcspace Rafael Moneo Murcia Town Hall Murcia, Spain


Photo: arcspace  Santiago Calatrava City of Arts and Sciences (in construction) Valencia, Spain


Photo: arcspace IVAM Valencia
Luis Barragán Exhibition The Quiet Revolution Next week we will have a full review of the exhibition