FERNANDO TÁVORA 1923-2005, Oporto - Portugal Architect Diploma from Escola Superior de Belas Artes do Porto, Oporto. Cathedratic Professor at Oporto University and Doutor Honoris Causa at Coimbra University. Participated in CIAM congresses and “Inquérito à Arquitectura Popular em Portugal”. Távora is the author of many Architecture books: “O Problema da Casa Portuguesa” (Lisbon, 1947), “Da Organização do Espaço (Oporto, 1962 and 1982) and “Fernando Távora” (Lisbon, 1993). His professional activity figurated in various publications and national/ international expostitions. Fernando Távora won the First prize for Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, the “Premio Europa Nostra”,”Prémio Turismo e Patromónio 85”, “Grande Prémio Nacional da Architectura” (1987) and de AICA prize in 1995.
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