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awards: 1992 Pritzker Prize, 2009 Royal Gold Medal, Pritzker Prize, Royal Gold Medal

Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira,  (born 25 June 1933 in Porto-Matosinhos), who signs as Álvaro Siza Vieira , and is sometimes known as Álvaro Siza, is a contemporary Portuguese architect. In 1992, he was awarded with the Pritzker Prize for renovation project that he coordinated in the Chiado area of Lisbon, a historic commercial sector that was all but completely destroyed by fire in August 1988. Other prizes include:

• The Golden Medal of The Superior Counsil of Arquitecture of the College of Architects of Madrid in 1988
• Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture 1988
• the Alvar Aalto Medal in 1988
• the Prince of Wales Prize from Harvard University in 1998
• Portugal's National Prize of Architecture 1993
• the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2001
• the Urbanism Special Grand Prize of France 2005

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