The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Portugal
This page contains a list of the greatest Portuguese Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 2 of which were born in Portugal. This makes Portugal the birth place of the 29th most number of Architects behind Bulgaria, and Iraq.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Portuguese Architects of all time. This list of famous Portuguese Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Álvaro Siza Vieira (b. 1933)
With an HPI of 65.74, Álvaro Siza Vieira is the most famous Portuguese Architect. His biography has been translated into 40 different languages on wikipedia.
Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira (born 25 June 1933) is a Portuguese architect, and architectural educator. He is internationally known as Álvaro Siza (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈalvɐɾu ˈsizɐ]) and in Portugal as Siza Vieira (pronounced [ˈsizɐ ˈvjɐjɾɐ]).
2. Eduardo Souto de Moura (b. 1952)
With an HPI of 56.76, Eduardo Souto de Moura is the 2nd most famous Portuguese Architect. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages.
Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura (Portuguese pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðu ˈsotu ðɨ ˈmoɾɐ]; 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 and the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2013. Along with Fernando Távora and Álvaro Siza, he is one of the alumni of the Porto School of Architecture, where he was appointed a Professor.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Portuguese architects born between 1933 and 1952. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Portuguese architects include Álvaro Siza Vieira, and Eduardo Souto de Moura.
