Calatrava At His Park Avenue Town House.. He owns three, actually: one serves as his office, another as his home, and the third houses two of his four children. | Portrait by Martien Mulder
One of three Calatrava bridges over the Hoofdvaart in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands (2004). Bridges are one of his obsessions. He has built some 40 of them. | Photograph by Alan Karchmer
Santiago Calatrava's buildings marry engineering with biology. And they may just be beautiful enough to make Americans care about infrastructure.
Construction began last fall on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas (seen here in a rendering). It will be followed by another Calatrava span, part of a $2.2 billion project to reclaim the Trinity River banks and revitalize West Dallas.
Two decades ago, Tom Fisher, now dean of the University of Minnesota College of Design, visited Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in Zurich, where he has a staff of 40 and a lakeside villa.
One of three Calatrava bridges over the Hoofdvaart in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands (2004). Bridges are one of his obsessions. He has built some 40 of them. | Photograph by Alan Karchmer
Santiago Calatrava's buildings marry engineering with biology. And they may just be beautiful enough to make Americans care about infrastructure.
Construction began last fall on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas (seen here in a rendering). It will be followed by another Calatrava span, part of a $2.2 billion project to reclaim the Trinity River banks and revitalize West Dallas.
Two decades ago, Tom Fisher, now dean of the University of Minnesota College of Design, visited Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in Zurich, where he has a staff of 40 and a lakeside villa.
- 1/21/2010
- by Linda Tischler
- Fast Company
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