Weekends in the country

By David Cohn 2002-03-19T00:00:00

Source: Duccio Malagamba

For the past nine years, Alvaro Siza has spent weekends at the Santo Ovidio estate in rural Portugal, escaping the stresses of life in Oporto by restoring the 18th-century farm. This is the result. By David Cohn

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