Álvaro Siza & Juhani Pallasmaa | Touching the World | MB Webinar

Touching the World: A Conversation About Architecture and Life

We are delighted to invite you to the next Moving Boundaries Webinar, on Thursday, July 23, 2026

Speakers: Álvaro Siza Vieira and Juhani Pallasmaa

Moderated by Tatiana Berger, Director of MB Collaborative

Early-bird registrations in Eventbrite are free of charge, for a limited time. There will be 50 free tickets.

Your ticket includes: Invitation for the live event in Zoom; Video recording of the webinar; Access to the transcript and special Moving Boundaries publication.

Álvaro Siza is one of the most distinguished and highly awarded architects in the world. "Every design," says Siza, "is a rigorous attempt to capture a concrete moment of a transitory image in all its nuances. The extent to which this transitory quality is captured, is reflected in the designs: the more precise they are, the more vulnerable." In addition to practicing architecture, he was a professor of architecture for many years.

Siza received the Pritzker Prize in 1992. He also received honors from foundations and institutions in Europe, including the Alvar Aalto Foundation Gold Medal, the renowned Mies van der Rohe Foundation Award, Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale prize for architecture, and the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Juhani Pallasmaa is a Finnish architect, professor of architecture and former dean at the Helsinki University of Technology. Pallasmaa has written and lectured for over 50 years on architecture, the visual arts, environmental phenomenology, and cultural philosophy. He has held many academic and civic positions. He established his own architect's office in 1983 in Helsinki. 

Pallasmaa has taught architecture at universities around the world. He has published 50 books and over 400 essays. Pallasmaa is the former Chair of the Pritzker Prize Committee. He is a member of the Finnish Association of Architects and an honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Pallasmaa has received numerous Finnish and international awards and five Honorary Doctorates.