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SWV is a system for cataloguing Siza’s works. Created in the same way as Bach’s BWV, it associates an identifying acronym (the SWV) with a chronologically based alphanumeric system (as in opus cataloguing) that chronologically identifies each of Siza’s works.

The following triptychs offer us the context of possible Geographies of Siza Baroque.

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Geographies
Manuel Magalhães House, Oporto, Spring 2022
Source: Image by Siza Baroque
Siza
Manuel Magalhães House, Oporto, 1967 - 1971
Source: Image from © CCA Álvaro Siza fonds
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Armando Peres and Manuel Marques, Amoroso Lopes House, Oporto, circa 1933
Source: Image by Siza Baroque
Geographies
SWV200206a Armanda Passos House, Oporto, 2002 - 2006
Source: Image by Siza Baroque
Siza
Manuel Magalhães House, Oporto, 1967 - 1971
Source: Image by Siza Baroque
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