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Santiago Calatrava (born July 28, 1951) is a Spanish architect whose work has become increasingly popular worldwide.

Calatrava was born in Valencia, Spain, where he pursued undergraduate studies at the Architecture School and Arts and Crafts School. Following graduation in 1975, he enrolled in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland for graduate work in civil engineering. Calatrava was influenced by the French architect Le Corbusier, whose Notre Dame du Haut chapel caused Calatrava to examine how complex form could be understood and generated in architecture. In 1981 after completing his doctoral thesis, "On the Foldability of Space Frames", he started his architecture and engineering practice.

Calatrava's unique, creative, and highly influential style combines a striking visual architectural style that interacts harmoniously with the rigid principles of engineering. His work often draws on form and structure found in the natural world, and can be described as anthropomorphic. His works have elevated the design of some civil engineering projects such as bridges to new heights. He has designed numerous train stations, heralded for their bright, open, and easily-traveled spaces.

While he is primarily known as an architect, Calatrava is also a prolific sculptor and painter, claiming that the practice of architecture combines all the arts into one.

Calatrava's first United States work was the Quadracci Pavilion addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum.

One of his newest projects is a residential skyscraper named "80 South Street" after its own address, composed of 10 townhouses in the shape of cubes stacked on top of one another. The townhouses move up a main beam and follow a ladder-like pattern, providing each townhouse with its own roof. The "townhouse in the sky" design has attracted a high profile clientele, willing to pay the hefty US$30 million for each cube. It will be built in New York City's financial district facing the East River.

He has also designed the Fordham Spire, a proposed skyscraper to be built in Chicago.

Calatrava has also designed three bridges that will eventually span the Trinity River in Dallas, Texas, the first of which will commence construction in December, 2005. When completed (target date 2010), Dallas will join the Dutch city of Haarlemmermeer in having three Calatrava bridges.

Contents 1 Notable works 1.1 Completed 1.2 Under construction/Proposed 2 Awards 3 Exhibits 4 External links 5 References

Notable works

Completed

• Trinity Bridge, footbridge over River Irwell, Salford, England
• Oberbaumbrucke, Berlin, Germany
• Alameda Bridge and metro station, Valencia, Spain
• 1983-1984, Jakem Steel Warehouse, Munchwilen, Switzerland
• 1983-1985, Ernsting Warehouse, Coesfeld, Germany
• 1983-1988, Wohlen High School, Wohlen, Switzerland
• 1983-1990, Stadelhofen Railway Station, Zürich, Switzerland
• 1983-1989, Lucerne Station Hall, Lucerne, Switzerland
• 1984-1987, Bach de Roda Felipe II Bridge, Barcelona, Spain
• 1984-1988, Barenmatte Community Center, Suhr, Switzerland,
• 1986-1987, Tabourettli Theater, Basel, Switzerland,
• 1987-1992, BCE Place, Toronto, Canada,
• 1989-1994, TGV Station, Lyon, France
• 1992, Puente del Alamillo, Seville, Spain
• 1992, Montjuic Communications Tower at the Montjuïc Olympic Plaza, Barcelona, Spain
• 1992, World's Fair, Kuwaiti Pavilion, Seville, Spain
• 1994-1997, Campo Volantin Footbridge, Bilbao, Spain
• 1996, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain
• 1998, Estação do Oriente or (Gare do Oriente), Lisbon, Portugal
• 1998, Puente de la Mujer, in the Puerto Madero barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2001, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• 2003, James Joyce Bridge, bridge over River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland
• 2004, redesign of Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece
• 2004, Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay, Redding, California, USA
• 2004, Three bridges (called Harp, Cittern and Lute) spanning the main canal of the Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
• 2005, Turning Torso, Malmö, Sweden

Under construction/Proposed

• World Trade Center Transportation Hub, New York City, USA
• Atlanta Symphony Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• TGV Station, Liège, Belgium
• Palacio de Congresos, Oviedo, Spain
• Fordham Spire, Chicago, USA
• Margaret Hunt Hill bridge, Dallas,Texas, USA

Calatrava has also submitted designs for a number of notable projects which were eventually awarded to other designers, including the Reichstag in Berlin and the East London River Crossing. The East London River Crossing, in particular, was a very elegant and bold design which was considered by most to be a far more worthy design to the one actually built.

Awards

• 2005 AIA Gold Medal

Exhibits

A special exhibition is being presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 5, 2006 [1]. Images from the exhibition.

External links

• Official Website
• Structurae: Santiago Calatrava Valls
• Great Buildings On-Line: Santiago Calatrava
• Unofficial website
• Extended profile of the architect in the NYRB, December 2005

References

• Tzonis, Alexander (1999). Santiago Calatrava: The Poetics Of Movement, Universe. ISBN 0789303604.
• Tzonis, Alexander (2004). Santiago Calatrava: The Complete Works, Rizzoli. ISBN 0847826414.

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