Álvaro Siza Vieira
He currently works as an architect in the city of Porto.
He has received a number of Awards, designedly: in 1988, Alvar Aalto Foundation Gold Medal, the Harvard University Prince of Wales Award and the European Architecture Award from the European Community Comission / Mies Van der Rohe Fundation. In 1992 he received the Pritzker Architecture Prize from the Hyatt Foundation in Chicago for his work. In 1998, won the Praemium Imperiale from the Japanese Art Association of Tokyo. In 2001, received the Prize from the Wolf Foundation in Israel. In 2002, he received the Gold Lion Award (best project) from the Venice Biennal and the Vitruvio 2002 Award from the National Fine Art Museum of Buenos Aires.
He is member of the American Institute of Fine Arts and Science and is an "Honorary Fellow" of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Awards
1981 - Prémio da Associação Internacional dos Críticos de Arte/Secretaria de Estado da Cultura AICA/SEC - Arquitetura
1988 - Medalha de Ouro do Colégio de Arquitetos de Madrid
1988 - Prémio de Arquitetura Contemporânea Mies van der Rohe
1992 - Prémio Pritzker, da Fundação Hyatt, pelo projeto de renovação na zona do Chiado, em Lisboa
1993 - Prémio Nacional de Arquitetura
1996 - Prémio Secil
1998 - Medalha Alvar Aalto
1998 - Prémio Príncipe de Gales da Universidade Harvard
1998 - Prémio Imperial do Japão, Praemium Imperiale
2000 - Prémio Secil
2001 - Prémio Wolf de Artes
2002 - Golden Lion for the Best Project - Bienal de Arquitetura de Veneza
2005 - Urbanism Special Grand Prize of France
2006 - Prémio Secil
2008 - Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, do Royal Institute of British Architects
2010 - Prémio Luso-Espanhol de Arte e Cultura
2012 - Golden Lion for lifetime achievement - Bienal de Arquitetura de Veneza
2015 - "Prémio Vida e Obra" da Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores