Calatrava: Updated Version: Santiago Calatrava : complete works 1979-today - Hardcover

Jodidio, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3836549646 ISBN 13: 9783836549646

Publisher: Taschen GmbH, 2015

Synopsis

Master Of Form. Fusion of architecture, art and engineering. Santiago Calatrava is a renowned architect, structural engineer and artist. Recent projects such as the Athens 2004 Olympic sports complex, the Turning Torso in Malmo, and TGV station in Liege, have brought him international acclaim. The only architect to exhibit at both the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he is presently designing the main transportation hub for Ground Zero in Manhattan, as well as the tallest building in the USA: the 150-story Chicago Tower. Calatrava collaborated extensively on this monograph, which traces his career and places his architecture in the context of his art and engineering prowess. All of his works, from the suspended swimming pool at Zurich's Federal Institute of Technology to his latest, startling designs, are featured in this lavishly illustrated volume. This updated 2014 trade edition of the original large monograph includes new projects such as the Peace Bridge in Calgary, Canada, the Conference and Exhibition Center in Oviedo, Spain, and the Mediopadana Station in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

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Masterful form
Architecture, art, and engineering
Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. From the Athens 2004 Olympic sports complex to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan, he exhibits a remarkable aesthetic and engineering prowess with a simultaneous sensitivity for both the appearance and the anatomy of a structure.

With influences ranging from NASA space design to da Vinci s nature studies, Calatrava s creations are at once aerodynamic and organic in their associations. Natural forms and human movements inform a number of his projects, with a particular interest in the meeting point of equilibrium and dynamism.

This updated monograph includes all of Calatrava s original collaborative input, as well as a number of new projects including the Peace Bridge in Calgary, Canada; the Conference and Exhibition Center in Oviedo, Spain; and the Mediopadana Station in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Review:

"This monograph, supported by an elegant and light layout, perfectly traces a career located between art, architecture, and engineering."

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen GmbH
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 3836549646
• ISBN 13: 9783836549646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 596