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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
Siza
Borges & Irmão Bank #2, Vila do Conde, 1976 - 1986
Source: Image in © CCA Álvaro Siza fonds
Baroque
Borges & Irmão Bank #2, Vila do Conde, 1976 - 1986
Source: Image by Roberto Collovà
Geographies
Preliminary project for Borges & Irmão Bank #2, Vila do Conde, 1978 - 1980
Source: Image in 'L'Architecture d'Aujord' hui 211', page 66
Siza
Borges & Irmão Bank #2, Vila do Conde, 1976 - 1986
Source: Image in 'L'Architecture d'Aujord' hui 211', page 67
Baroque
Pianta della Biblioteca Laurenziana, opera di Michelangelo (Firenze) Immagine ripresa dalla raccolta 'I Monumenti italiani', fascicolo II, 1934. Indica come autore: La Reale Accademia d'Italia