Santiago Calatrava The Complete Works

Alexander Tzonis

Spanish-born architect Santiago Calatrava has achieved consider- able international acclaim in recent years with his breathtaking feats of engineering in the service of elegant and humanistic modern forms. Santiago Calatrava: The Complete Works comprehensively examines this contemporary master's career, beginning with his education in Valencia and Zurich, and continuing with the origins and development of his celebrated body of work, including the archi- tect's furniture designs, sculpture, and drawings.

Calatrava first established his reputation as the preeminent engineer of our time with a stunning series of bridges designed for cities around the globe-Barcelona Bilbao, Buenos Aires, Orléans, Seville, Venice, and, most recently, Jerusalem-while his spectacular cultural and civic projects have secured his place in the pantheon of world- class twenty-first-century architects.

Among these are train stations in Zurich, Lyons, Lisbon, and Liège: the Sondica Airport in Bilbao; the Tenerife Concert Hall in the Spanish Canary Islands; and the Valencia Science Museum, Planetarium, and Opera House. Recent years have witnessed the introduction of Calatrava's elegant forms into the American cityscape with the construction of the Milwaukee Art Museum and designs for an innovative apartment tower and the much-anticipated World Trade Center Transportation Hub, both planned for lower Manhattan. A catalogue raisonné, detailed biog- raphy, and bibliography complete this authoritative monograph.