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Eduardo Souto de Moura

Portuguese architect
Also known as: Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura
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Kathleen Kuiper was Senior Editor, Arts & Culture, Encyclopædia Britannica until 2016. She also edited Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature.
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Eduardo Souto de Moura (born July 25, 1952, Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese architect known for integrating the clean lines of minimalism with unexpected colors and for using local materials. In 2011 he won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, whose jury cited the “intelligence and seriousness” of his work and noted that his architecture “appears effortless, serene, and simple.” Souto de Moura attended the Porto Higher Institute of Fine Arts (Escola Superior de Belas Artes do...

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