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Eduardo Souto de Moura
Architect

Eduardo Souto de Moura

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Designing Braga’s municipal stadium and winning the Pritzker Prize.

Santa Maria do Bouro · Braga stadium

Born
25 July 1952
Birthplace
Porto

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Eduardo Souto de Moura

Eduardo Souto de Moura is a Portuguese architect whose buildings include cultural venues, homes and the stadium at Braga.

Early life

Education

Studied sculpture before architecture in Porto, graduating in 1980; worked with Álvaro Siza from 1974 to 1979.

Career

  1. 1980

    Independent practice

    Established his practice after winning the Casa das Artes competition.

  2. 1981–1990

    Teaching

    Taught at the University of Porto.

  3. 2011

    Pritzker Prize

    Received the international architecture award.

Selected buildings

Santa Maria do Bouro

Converted a ruined monastery into a pousada.

Braga stadium

Created a football stadium against a quarry landscape.

Casa das Histórias Paula Rego

Designed the museum in Cascais.

Beyond architecture

Family

His brother José Souto de Moura served as Portugal’s attorney-general.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Roberto Santorini. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.