Fernando Távora

Fernando Luís Cardoso de Meneses Tavares e Távora ( born August 25, 1923 in Porto, Portugal, † September 3, 2005, Matosinhos, Portugal) was a Portuguese architect and is considered one of the founders of the School of Porto. He taught at the faculties of architecture in Porto and Coimbra. The most famous student Tavoras Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo were Souto de Moura.

The University of Coimbra gave Távora an honorary doctorate.

Important buildings

Early work

• Urban Market Vila da Feira ( 1953-59 )
• Holiday House in Ofir ( 1957-58 ), more organic than previous constructions and significantly influenced by Alvar Aalto
• Primary school Cedro Vila Nova de Gaia ( 1957-61 )
• Monastery Gondomar ( 1961-71 )
• Plan for urban renewal of the district Barredo Porto
• Conversion and extension of the monastery of Santa Marinha da Costa Guimarães ( 1975-84 )
• Quinta da Conceição, Porto
• Reconstruction of the Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto
• Reconstruction of the Palácio do Freixo, Porto

Late buildings

• Casa da Rua Nova in the historic city of Guimarães (1987 )
• Big auditorium of the University of Coimbra ( 1991-95 )
• Torre dos 24 sometimes Casa dos 24 Porto ( 2000)