Porto School of Architecture

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The Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (Portuguese: Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto), or FAUP, is an architecture faculty located in Porto, Portugal, and one of the fourteen constituent faculties of the University of Porto.

History

Although the Architecture course has its roots in the School of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, FAUP has been independent for over 20 years, and has given rise to the modernist movement known as the School of Porto, which has achieved nationwide and worldwide prominence.^{[citation needed]}

Two alumni of the school,

.

Premises

When the growing numbers of Architecture students at the School of Fine Arts were becoming excessive for the proper teaching of the course, the

was commissioned to design the premises for the newly independent faculty, which were completed in 1992.

Notable alumni

• Álvaro Siza Vieira (Pritzker Architecture Prize)
• Eduardo Souto de Moura (Pritzker Architecture Prize)
• Fernando Távora

External links

• FAUP official website
• Student's association AEFAUP

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