In 2010 the Architectural Guide North and Centre of Portugal was published.It includes 219 works (built between 1974-2010), GPS coordinates and maps.
Traço
Alternativo Arquitectos Associados, is responsible for the selection,
as well as, the treatment and organization of content.
The Guide´s presentation text was written by Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira.
The
most awarded and prestigious Portuguese architect affirms that: “The
publication of a Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Portugal is of
evident usefulness. (...) I can personally foresee the interest the
publication of this Guide will arouse. (...) The demand for
Architectural Guides, not only by architects, seems to accompany the
habit and generalized joy of travelling.”
It
is a bilingual publication (Portuguese / English) with a “travel
guide” format that promotes the work of a wide scope of architects,
including most of the works by the two Portuguese winners of the
Pritzker Prize – Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto Moura, built in
the geographical area covered by this Guide.