Portuguese architect (born 1952)
Eduardo Elisio Machado Souto de Moura
(
Portuguese pronunciation:
[e?ðwa?ðu
?sotu
ð?
?mo??]
; 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
[1]
[2]
[3]
and the
Wolf Prize in Arts
in 2013.
[4]
[5]
Along with
Fernando Tavora
and
Alvaro Siza
, he is one of the alumni of the
Porto School of Architecture
, where he was appointed a Professor.
Life and career
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Family
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Souto de Moura is the son of
medical doctor
Jose Alberto Souto de Moura and wife Maria Teresa Ramos Machado. His brother is Jose Souto de Moura, former 9th
Attorney-General
of Portugal.
Education
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Souto de Moura was born in
Porto
, and studied sculpture
[6]
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
Alvaro Siza Vieira
at his architectural practice, who encouraged him to start his own firm.
[6]
Early career
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Souto de Moura began his career as an independent architect in 1980, after winning a design competition for the Casa das Artes, a cultural center with an auditorium and an exhibition gallery in the gardens of a neo-classical mansion, in his native city of Porto. However, Souto de Moura collaborated with Siza on the Portuguese pavilion at the
Expo 2000
in Hanover, Germany, and
Serpentine Gallery
's annual summer pavilion in 2004.
Souto de Moura's early commissions were often modest residential houses, mainly in his native country. Later, he was commissioned with shopping centers, schools, art galleries, and a cinema, in countries including Spain, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Between 1989 and 1997, Souto de Moura spent eight years on the restoration of Santa Maria do Bouro, a half-destroyed 12th-century monastery in
Amares
, transforming it into a
Pousada
.
[7]
From 1981 to 1990, Souto de Moura was an assistant professor at his alma mater, and was later appointed Professor at the
Faculty of Architecture at the University of Porto
.
[8]
He has been a visiting professor at the architectural schools of Geneva, Paris-Belleville,
Harvard University
, Dublin,
ETH Zurich
and
EPFL Lausanne
, and has participated in numerous seminars and given many lectures both in Portugal and abroad. His work has appeared in various publications and exhibitions.
Recognition
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Paula Rego Museum
, Cascais
On 28 March 2011, it was announced that Moura is the 2011
Pritzker Prize
winner, architecture's highest honor.
[3]
He is the second Portuguese architect to win the honor, after
Alvaro Siza
.
[2]
The prize was supposed to be presented in April in Washington DC but the winner was prematurely leaked by a Spanish news organisation.
[9]
The prize was awarded for his work including
Estadio Municipal de Braga
, the
Burgo Tower
in Porto and the
Paula Rego
Museum in Cascais.
[9]
On 3 January 2012, it was announced Moura is the 2013
Wolf Prize in Arts
winner along with
Robert S. Langer
.
[10]
He has been also awarded: The
Pessoa prize
in 1998; the Antonio de Almeida Foundation prize; the Antero de Quental Foundation prize; first prize in the Competition for the Restoration of Giraldo Square in Evora, Portugal; first prize in the Competition for the CIAC Pavilions; first prize in the Competition for a Hotel in Salzburg, Austria; first prize in the "IN/ARCH 1990 for Sicily" Competition; the Secil Prize for Architecture;
[11]
second prize in the "Architecture and Stone" ideas competition; honourable mention for his Miramar House in the Secil Architectural Prizes; honourable mention for both the SEC Cultural Centre and the Alcanena House in the National Architectural Prizes. On 14 July 2011, Souto de Mouro received an
Honoris Causa
doctorate by the
Faculty of Architecture and Arts at the Lusiada University of Porto
.
[12]
Works
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Souto de Moura's works include:
- 1980-84
Braga
Municipal Market
- 1981-91 Casa das Artes,
Porto
- 1982-85 House 1 in
Nevogilde
,
Porto
- 1983-85 House 2 in
Nevogilde
,
Porto
- 1984-89 House in
Quinta do Lago
,
Almancil
- 1985
Ponte dell'Accademia
,
Venice Biennal
,
Venice
,
Italy
- 1986-88 Annexes to a house on
Rua da Vilarinha
,
Porto
- 1987-92 House in
Alcanena
- 1987-89 Hotel in
Salzburg
,
Austria
- 1987 Detail Plan for
Porta dei Colli
,
Milan Triennal
,
Palermo
,
Italy
- 1987-91 House in
Miramar
,
Vila Nova de Gaia
- 1987-94 House on
Avenida da Boavista
,
Porto
- 1988 Detail Plan and facilities for
Mondello
,
Palermo
,
Italy
- 1989-97 Renovation and conversion of
Santa Maria do Bouro Convent
into a
Pousada
,
Amares
- 1989-94 House at the
Bom Jesus
,
Braga
- 1990-94 Geosciences building at the
Aveiro University
,
Aveiro
- 1990-93 House in
Maia
- 1990-93 House in
Baiao
- 1991-95 House in
Tavira
- 1991 Burgo Empreendimento office buildings and commercial mall on
Avenida da Boavista
,
Porto
- 1991-98 House in
Moledo
,
Caminha
- 1992-95 Housing block on
Rua do Teatro
,
Porto
- 1992-01 Children's Library and Auditorium for the
Municipal Library of Porto
,
Porto
- 1993 Remodeling and valorisation of the
Grao Vasco Museum
,
Viseu
- 1993-99 Courtyard houses in
Matosinhos
- 1993 Conversion of the
Customs Building
into the
Museum of Transport and Communication
,
Porto
- 1994-02 House in
Serra da Arrabida
- 1994-02 House in
Cascais
- 1994-01 Three houses on
Praca de Liege
,
Porto
- 1995 Detail Plan for
Novo Centro Direccional
,
Maia
- 1995 Conversion of the
South Matosinhos coastal promenade
,
Matosinhos
- 2000-03
Estadio Municipal de Braga
- 2004
Porto Metro
- 2005
Serpentine Gallery
pavilion, London (with Alvaro Siza)
- 2007 Burgo Empreendimento office buildings,
Avenida da Boavista
,
Porto
[13]
- 2008 Contemporary Arts Center Graca Morais
- 2009
Paula Rego
Museum
[14]
- 2010?2011
Crematory
in
Courtrai (Kortrijk)
, Belgium
- 2022 Bruges Meeting & Convention Center
Bruges
Belgium
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