Santiago Calatrava

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Santiago Calatrava is a renowned Spanish architect, structural engineer, and sculptor known for his futuristic, sculptural buildings and bridges that often feature sweeping white forms and innovative engineering.


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instanceOf architect
human
sculptor
structural engineer
awardReceived AIA Gold Medal
Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts
basedIn New York City
Zurich NERFINISHED
birthCountry Spain
birthDate 1951-07-28
birthPlace Benimàmet
Valencia
countryOfCitizenship Spain
Switzerland
designed Alamillo Bridge
Auditorio de Tenerife
Calatrava Tower (Montjuïc Communications Tower)
City of Arts and Sciences
El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
Gare do Oriente
L'Hemisfèric
L'Àgora (Valencia)
Liège-Guillemins railway station
Lyon-Saint Exupéry TGV station
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge NERFINISHED
Milwaukee Art Museum Quadracci Pavilion
Oculus (World Trade Center Transportation Hub)
Puente de la Mujer
Samuel Beckett Bridge
Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay
Turning Torso
World Trade Center Transportation Hub
educatedAt ETH Zurich
Polytechnic University of Valencia
familyName Calatrava
fieldOfWork architecture
sculpture
structural engineering
givenName Santiago
hasWebsite https://calatrava.com
influencedBy Antoni Gaudí
Le Corbusier
languageSpoken English
German
Spanish
Valencian
movement neo-futurism
name Santiago Calatrava Valls
notableFor futuristic sculptural buildings
innovative bridge design
white sweeping structural forms
occupation architect
civil engineer
painter
sculptor
structural engineer
style expressionist architecture
organic architecture


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