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List Of Portuguese Architects
The following is a list of architects from the country of Portugal. *Nadir Afonso (1920–2013) *Carlos Amarante (1748–1815) *João Antunes (1642–1712) *Diogo de Arruda (before 1490–1531) *Diogo de Boitaca (c. 1460–1528?) *Cassiano Branco (1897–1970) *Gonçalo Byrne (b. 1941) *João Luís Carrilho da Graça (b. 1952) *Jorge Ferreira Chaves (1920–1981) * Pancho Guedes (1925–2015) * Francisco Keil do Amaral (1910–1975) *Raul Lino (1879–1974) *José Marques da Silva (1869–1947) *Maria José Marques da Silva (1914–1996) *Filipe Oliveira Dias (1963–2014) * Jacobetty Rosa (1901–1970) *João Santa-Rita (b. 1960) *Álvaro Siza (b. 1933), Pritzker Prize winner * Eduardo Souto de Moura (b.1952), Pritzker Prize winner *Tomás Taveira (b. 1938) * Fernando Távora (1923–2005) *Pedro Nunes Tinoco (d. 1641) * Ana Louisa Soares (b. 1988) See also * Architecture of Portugal * List of architects * List of Portuguese people The following is a list of notable an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, the term architect derives from the Latin ''architectus'', which derives from the Greek (''arkhi-'', chief + ''tekton'', builder), i.e., chief builder. The professional requirements for architects vary from place to place. An architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus the architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a ''practicum'' (or internship) for practical experience to earn a Occupational licensing, license to practice architecture. Practical, technical, and academic requirements for becoming an architect vary by jurisdiction, though the formal study of architecture in academic institutions has played a pivotal role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipe Oliveira Dias
Filipe Oliveira Dias (October 16, 1963 – October 15, 2014) was a Portuguese architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h .... He had a post-graduate degree from IUCC (Sevilla, SP), and was a professor at the ''Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas'' (ESART), a school of the Polytechnical Institute of Castelo Branco, since 2006. He has been among Portugal's regularly published architects born in the 20th century. His book ''15 Years of Public Work'' was published in November 2004 by Campo das Letras Editorial. In 2004, he was awarded the Home National Institute Prize. Works Filipe Oliveira Dias' emblematic buildings, all in Portugal, include: *Central Services of Porto Polytechnical Institute, (1994) *F Building of Porto Institute of Engineering of Porto Polytec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Architects By Nationality
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Portuguese People
The following is a list of notable and historically significant people from Portugal. Navigators, explorers and pioneers 15th century * Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, explorer of the African coast * Álvaro Caminha, explorer of the Atlantic islands * Álvaro Martins, explorer of the African coast * Alvise Cadamosto, explorer of the Atlantic islands and of the African coast * André Gonçalves, explorer of the sea route to Brazil * Antão Gonçalves, explorer of the African coast * Álvaro Fernandes, explorer of the African coast * Bartolomeu Dias, explorer of the African coast * Bartolomeu Perestrelo, explorer of the Atlantic islands * Dinis Dias, explorer of the African coast * Diogo Cão, explorer of the African coast * Diogo de Azambuja, explorer of the African coast * Diogo de Teive, explorer of the Atlantic islands * Diogo Dias, explorer of the Atlantic islands, of the African coast and the Indian Ocean, discovered Madagascar * Diogo Silves, explorer of the Atlantic islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Architects
The following is a list of notable architects – well-known individuals with a large body of published work or notable structures, which point to an article in the English Wikipedia. Early architects * Aa ( Middle Kingdom), Egyptian *Amenhotep, son of Hapu (14th c. BC), Egyptian *Anthemius of Tralles (c. 474 – 533–558), Greek *Apollodorus of Damascus (2nd c. AD), Damascus *Aristobulus of Cassandreia (c. 375 – 301 BC), Greek *Callicrates (mid-5th c. BC), Greek *Hermodorus of Salamis (fl. 146–102 BC), Cypriot *Hippodamus of Miletus (498–408 BC), Greek *Ictinus (fl. mid-5th c. BC), Greek *Imhotep (fl. late 27th c. BC), Egyptian *Ineni (18th Dynasty of Egypt), Egyptian *Isidore of Miletus (6th c. AD), Byzantine Greek *Marcus Agrippa (63–12 BC), Roman * Mnesicles (mid-5th c. BC), Athenian * Rabirius (1st–2nd cc. AD), Roman *Senemut ( 18th Dynasty of Egypt), Egyptian *Vitruvius (c. 80–70 BC – post–15 BC), Roman *Yu Hao (喻皓, fl 970), Chinese *Narasimhavarman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture Of Portugal
Portuguese architecture refers to both the architecture of Portugal's modern-day territory in Continental Portugal, the Azores and Madeira, as well as the architectural heritage/patrimony of Portuguese architects and styles throughout the world, particularly in countries formerly part of the Portuguese Empire. Like all aspects of Portuguese culture, Portuguese architecture reflects the artistic influences of the various cultures that have either inhabited Portugal or come in contact with the Portuguese people throughout the history of Portugal, including the Gallaecians, Lusitanians, Celtiberians, Romans, Suebi, Visigoths, Moors, Goans, Macanese, Kristang people, and many more. Because of the history of the Portuguese Empire, several countries across the world are home to sizable heritages of Portuguese colonial architecture, notably Brazil and Uruguay in the Americas, Angola, Cabo Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Benin, Ghana, Morocco, Guinea Bissau, Zimbabwe, and Mozambiqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Louisa Soares
Ana Luisa Soares is a Portuguese architect and co-founder of Fala Atelier, an architectural firm based in Oporto. Her work has been featured globally, including at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, and in solo exhibitions for Fala Atelier in Panama, Italy, Macedonia, France, and Portugal. In addition to her firm's work, she has held several teaching positions in schools across Europe and North America. Early life and education She was born in a small town near Porto called Marcos de Canaveses, where her early exposure to construction and architecture sparked her interest in the field. She completed her master of architecture at FAUP (Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto) in 2007 and participated in an exchange program at Tokyo University in 2012. Before establishing her own practice, Ana Luisa gained professional experience by collaborating with international architecture offices, including Harry Gugger Studio in Basel in 2011 and Toyo Ito & Associates in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Nunes Tinoco
Pedro Nunes Tinoco (died 8 February 1641) was a Portuguese architect who worked in what George Kubler described as the 'Plain Style', and is known also as the patriarch of a number of a family of notable Portuguese architects. He was one of a privileged few to be awarded a royal apprenticeship to study architecture under Nicolau de Frias in Lisbon's Aula dos Paços da Ribeira, a school founded by Philip I of Portugal in 1584. Commissions His first commission as a royal architect was the reformation of the convent of Santa Clara, which was destroyed in 1755. He later worked on the church and convent of Santa Marta (1616–36) and the church of Salvador (1616–17), both were located in Lisbon and were well received by critics at the time, contributing to his prestigious reputation. In 1622 he designed the sacristy of the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, which was completed in 1624. A single barrel-vaulted space severe in appearance, offset by coloured marble decoration on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Távora
Fernando Luís Cardoso de Meneses de Tavares e Távora, ComSE, simply known as Fernando Távora (Porto, August 25, 1923 - Matosinhos, September 3, 2005), was a renowned Portuguese architect and professor. Biography The sixth of seven children and third of three sons of José Pinto Tavares de Mendonça Ferrão or José Ferrão de Tavares e Távora and wife Maria José do Amaral Ferrão Lobo Machado or Maria José Lobo de Sousa Machado Cardoso de Meneses, of the Viscounts of Paço de Nespereira, he inherited from his mother the House of Covilhã. He graduated in architecture from the Porto School of Fine Arts (which later became the school of architecture of the University of Porto) in 1952. Having sat the examination in Fine Composition for Professor of Architecture, he was later invited to become a Professor at the school. Participating in several Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) and Team 10 meetings, he became a key person in the modernization of the Porto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Taveira
Tomás Taveira (born 1938) is a Portuguese architect. He has a degree in architecture from the Technical University of Lisbon and owns a post-graduation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some of his most recognizable works include the Amoreiras Towers in Lisbon, three of the new stadiums for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship in Portugal and the Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo, Brazil. Works Tomás Taveira's emblematic buildings include: * Alfragide Towers *Zona J Housing Complex *Amoreiras Towers, Lisbon, Portugal *Arco-Íris Building, Lisbon, Portugal *BNU building, Av. 5 de Outubro, Lisbon, Portugal * Aveiro Stadium, Aveiro, Portugal *Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon, Portugal * Leiria Stadium, Leiria, Portugal *New Arena Palestra Itália, São Paulo, Brazil Controversies Video recordings affair In the 1980s he was involved in a celebrity sex tape controversy when some personal home-made recordings he kept in videotapes were fortuitously discovered b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Souto De Moura
Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura (; born 25 July 1952), better known as Eduardo Souto de Moura, is a Portuguese architect who was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2011 and the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2013. Along with Fernando Távora and Álvaro Siza, he is one of the alumni of the Porto School of Architecture, where he was appointed a Professor. Life and career Family Souto de Moura is the son of medical doctor José Alberto Souto de Moura and wife Maria Teresa Ramos Machado. His brother is José Souto de Moura, former 9th Attorney-General of Portugal. Education Souto de Moura was born in Porto, and studied sculptureKate Taylor (28 March 2011)Architect From Portugal Wins Pritzker''New York Times''. before switching to architecture at the School of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, the current FAUP – Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto, and receiving his degree in 1980. From 1974 to 1979 he worked with Álvaro Siza Vieira at his a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pritzker Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.” Founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy, the award is funded by the Pritzker family and sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation. It is considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes, and is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. The Pritzker Architecture Prize is said to be awarded "irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology". The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation certificate, and, since 1987, a bronze medallion. The designs on the medal are inspired by the work of architect Louis Sullivan, while the Latin inspired inscription on the reverse of the medallion—''f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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