The swimming pool by Álvaro Siza at Leça da Palmeira opened 15 years before Nicolò Galeazzi was born. When Álvaro Siza received the Pritzker Prize, Galeazzi was just 5 years old. In spite of this gap, the relationship between the “Old Master” and the young architect-photographer couldn’t be closer. Galeazzi manages to forcefully tell us – yet again – about the extraordinary ability to listen, discover and reveal the context that is the unique, inimitable characteristic of Álvaro Siza's architecture.

Our catalogue includes two more contributions by Nicolò Galeazzi: ISSUE 27, a report on an interior by one of the most interesting architects on the Italian scene, Beniamino Servino; and ISSUE 21, a refined interpretation of a country house's renovation project by Filippo Bricolo.