Eduardo Souto de Moura

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Eduardo Souto de Moura

Portuguese architect

Also known as: Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura

Written by Kathleen Kuiper

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In full:: Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura

Born:: July 25, 1952, Porto, Portugal (age 72)

Awards And Honors:: Pritzker Prize (2011)

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Eduardo Souto de Moura (born July 25, 1952, Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese architect known for integrating the clean lines of minimalism with such non-minimal elements as colour and the use of local materials. In 2011 he won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, whose jury cited the “intelligence and seriousness” of his work and noted that his architecture “appears effortless, serene, and simple.” Souto de Moura attended the Porto Higher Institute of Fine Arts (Escola Superior de Belas Artes do Porto [ESBAP]; now part of the University of Porto), where he initially studied sculpture. By his own account, he changed his ...(100 of 584 words)

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