The best design and architecture books 2022 / Imagining the Evident, Álvaro Siza

Over the course of his long and prolific career, Álvaro Siza has rarely spoken firsthand of the process guiding his practice. Instead, this small but attentively edited publication, allows this little-known dimension of his to emerge, with a collection of contributions in English and sketches by the Portuguese master. The book also offers the opportunity to reread some seminal works – such as the Boa Nova teahouse and the pools in Leça da Palmeira – from Siza's perspective, which is both poetic and pragmatic. The designs include different scales, from cities to furniture. The anthology is rounded off by two essays: one by Vittorio Gregotti (intro to the 1998 Italian edition) and another by Daniela Sá, director and cofounder of Monade.

– Domus 1065, February 2022

Imagining the Evident / Álvaro Siza 

The referential book by Álvaro Siza on his own work, in its first English edition. Describing some of his projects, his expectations and struggles, references and decisions, this book is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of Álvaro Siza’s architectural thinking.