Calatrava [Hardcover]

Spanish visionarySantiago Calatravais renowned around the world as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. Famed for bridges as much as buildings, he has made his name with neofuturistic structures that combinedeft engineering solutions with dramatic visual impact.

From theAthens 2004 Olympic sports complexand theMuseum of Tomorrowto the Peace Bridge in Calgary, Alamillo Bridge in Seville, and the Mujer Bridge in Buenos Aires, Calatravas creations show particular interest in the meeting point of movement and balance. With influences ranging from NASA space design to da Vincis nature studies, the structures dazzle with a sense oflightness, agility, and aerodynamism, but always with a graceful poise amid their particular surroundings.

This compact introduction explores Calatravas unique aesthetic with key projects from his career, from early breakthroughs to his most recent work. Through buildings of culture, science, faith, and across his many famous bridges, we explore hisintegration of organic forms and human movements, and a uniquely fluid futurism, soaring towards tomorrow.

BAThrough buildings of culture, science, and faith, and across his many famous bridges, explore the neofuturistic structures of Santiago Calatrava. This compact introduction explores the architects unique fusion of organic forms, deft engineering, and dramatic, aerodynamic impact.My buildings must serve the people, not myself.