Calatrava is known for his organically inspired designs, such as L'Umbracle at his Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències in Pavement of a Valencia street, with arbour. Many ordinary places in the city are designed with attention to detail, and a sense of aesthetics. This article is about the original city in Spain called Valencia. For other uses of the name, see Valencia (disambiguation). Valencia (Spanish: Valencia /balenθ... Valencia. A similar open avenue was designed for the Athens Olympic complex.

Santiago Calatrava (born July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. Events 1493 - Great fire in Moscow 1540 - One of the most important political figures of the reign of Henry VIII of England, Thomas Cromwell, is executed on order from... July 28, Global Metrics Human security Major Armed Conflicts: Total Deaths in Battle: 700,000 people Violent Deaths caused by Government (Other than War): Violent Deaths caused by other humans: Juvenile Violent Crime: Political security Nations Holding Multi-party Elections: Percentage Living under a Fully Democratic System of Governance: Free Countries: Percentage... 1951) is a The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spanish Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. See architecture or landscape architecture Architects and landscape architects are considered professionals on par with doctors... architect whose international work has become increasingly popular worldwide.

Calatrava was born in Pavement of a Valencia street, with arbour. Many ordinary places in the city are designed with attention to detail, and a sense of aesthetics. This article is about the original city in Spain called Valencia. For other uses of the name, see Valencia (disambiguation). Valencia (Spanish: Valencia /balenθ... Valencia, The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain, where he pursued undergraduate studies at the Architecture School and Arts and Crafts School. Following graduation in 1975, he enrolled in the ETH Zurich (from its German name Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ) is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland. It is commonly called the ETH or the Poly after its original name Polytechnikum. The ETH is considered by many one of Europes premier universities... Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich IPA (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerlands... Zürich, Switzerland for graduate work in In modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures as they related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. Most civil engineering today deals with roads, structures, water supply, sewer, flood control, or traffic. Engineering has... Civil Engineering. Calatrava was influenced by the French architect The Villa Savoye near Paris Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was the pseudonym of Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris. He was an architect famous for what is now called the International style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. He also... 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 Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. Anthropomorphism comes from two Greek words, ανθρωπος, anthrōpos, meaning human, and μορφη, morphē... 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.

His newest project is a residential skyscraper composed of 12 townhouses in the shapes of cubes. The 12 cubes move up a main beam and follow a ladder-like pattern, providing each townhouse its own roof. The "townhouse in the sky" design has attracted a high profile clientele, willing to pay the hefty 30 million for each cube. It will be built on 80 South Street, New York, New York, down in the financial district facing the East River.

Notable works

Completed

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The inside of the main Olympic stadium in Athens with Calatrava's sliding suspended roof.

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• Barenmatte Community Center, Suhr, The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, and is home to many international organisations. Confoederatio Helvetica (CH), the Latin version... Switzerland, 1984-1988
• Tabourettli Theater, Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel [ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazilE:a]) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the... Basel, The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, and is home to many international organisations. Confoederatio Helvetica (CH), the Latin version... Switzerland, 1986-1987
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• Telecommunication is the extension of communication over a distance. In practice it also recognizes that something may be lost in the process; hence the term telecommunication covers all forms of distance and/or conversion of the original communications, including radio, telegraphy, television, telephony, data communication and computer networking. The elements... Telecommunications tower at the Montjuïc Olympic Plaza, For other uses, see Barcelona (disambiguation). Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital of Spain (41º 23 N, 2º 11 E). It is in the comarca of Barcelonès. It is also the largest... Barcelona, The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain, 1992
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• The Sundial Bridge spans the Sacramento River in Redding, California. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava and completed in 2004 at a cost of $19,700,000. This pedestrian bridge features a single 217 foot (66m) mast that serves as a sundial, which can be read in a garden to... Sundial Bridge, Redding is the county seat of Shasta County, California, located on the Sacramento River and on Interstate 5 south of Lake Shasta. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 80,865. Geography Redding is located at 40°3436 North, 122°2213 West (40... Redding, California
• Estação do Oriente (http://www.calatrava.com/search_cat.html?iid=l14a&lang=1&a=10&p=T&s=T&id=15&iid2=l11a1b2c2d2e&r=2), Lisbon (in Portuguese, Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is the seat of the district of Lisbon. Geography and Location Missing image Panoramic_view_of_lisbon.jpg Panoramic of Lisbon, taken from Graça Hill Lisbon is situated at 38 degrees, 42 minutes north, and 9 degrees, 8 minutes... Lisbon, The Republic of Portugal (República Portuguesa), or Portugal, is a democratic republic located on the west and southwest parts of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe; it is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic... Portugal, 1998
• The Puente de la Mujer footbridge in the Puerto Madero barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina spans dique 3 or dock 3. It has a single mast with cables suspending a portion of the bridge which rotates 90 degrees in order to allow water traffic to pass. It was designed by... Puente de la Mujer, in the Puerto Madero barrio of Buenos Aires (Good Winds in Spanish, but more akin to Fair Winds, as in navigation) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. The city proper has a population of 2,776,234 according to the... Buenos Aires Argentina is a country in southern South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east. It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast and Chile in the west. The country is formally named Rep... Argentina, 1998

Download high resolution version (1469x1028, 237 KB)The Athens 2004 Olympic Velodrome designed by Santiago Calatrava. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=181706. Photographer: Lucretious a.k.a Nik Vasiliades (24) Salonika, Thessaloniki, Greece nikolaos2x1@hotmail.com Camera: kodac Dx7440, Olympus C5060z. There are no...

Download high resolution version (1469x1028, 237 KB)The Athens 2004 Olympic Velodrome designed by Santiago Calatrava. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=181706. Photographer: Lucretious a.k.a Nik Vasiliades (24) Salonika, Thessaloniki, Greece nikolaos2x1@hotmail.com Camera: kodac Dx7440, Olympus C5060z. There are no...

The External link Athens 2004 website Categories: Stub | Athens Olympic venues ... Olympic Velodrome one of many building Calatrava designed for the The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. The Games were held in Athens over 17 days, from August 13 to August 29, 2004. Planners expected 10,500 athletes (in fact 11,099 at the end) and 5,500... Athens Olympics.

• The Athens Olympic Sports Complex is the central group of facilities for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The complex was been revamped for the games under a design produced by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It is situated at Maroussi, northeast Athens, Greece. It consists of five different venues: The 72... Athens Olympic Sports Complex, The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. The Parthenon, the main monument on the site, was built in favour of goddess Athena, the patron of the city Athens ( Greek: Αθήνα Athína) is the capital of Greece, and... Athens, Greece, formally called the Hellenic Republic ( Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. It has land boundaries with Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav... Greece

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• Atlanta Symphony Center, Downtown Atlanta skyline Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. It is the county seat of Fulton County, although a portion of the city (the 1909 annex) is located in DeKalb County, and most of the airport, which is within... Atlanta, Georgia, The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... USA
• TGV Station, Liège, Belgium
• Categories: Stub | Scania | Skyscrapers ... Turning Torso, Malmö (  listen?) is the largest city in the province Scania (Skåne) and southern Sweden. Together with the smaller town of Arlöv in the north and the incorporated town of Limhamn in the south Malmö constitutes a conurbation (Malmö urban area) with a... Malmö, Sweden

Calatrava has also submitted designs for a number of notable projects which were eventually awarded to other designers, including the the Reichstag building (June 2003) A Red Army soldier flies the Soviet flag over the Reichstag The Reichstag building in Berlin was constructed as the place where the Reichstag, the parliament of the German Empire, would convene. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Reichstag until 1933. It again... Reichstag in Berlin and the The Dartford Crossing joins Dartford and Thurrock across the River Thames. It is thought to form part of Londons orbital M25 motorway. Technically, however, the M25 is not a complete circle; it ends shortly before the crossing on each side of the river. The crossing itself is the A282... 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 The American Institute of Architects is the professional organization for architects in the United States. External link AIA Website This article is a substub, the first step on the way to becoming a full article. You can help by expanding it. Categories: Substubs ... AIA Gold Medal

External links

• Official Website (http://www.calatrava.com/)
• Great Buildings Directory (http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Santiago_Calatrava.html)
• Unofficial website (http://www.calatrava.info/)
• Turning Torso Building (http://www.turningtorso.com/) under construction in Malmö (  listen?) is the largest city in the province Scania (Skåne) and southern Sweden. Together with the smaller town of Arlöv in the north and the incorporated town of Limhamn in the south Malmö constitutes a conurbation (Malmö urban area) with a... Malmö, Sweden.

References

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