From the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan to his pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, discover Calatravas organic forms through texts, photographs, and the original watercolor sketches that distinguish him as a unique creative master. This monograph features his original collaborative contributions as well as his most recent work. Also available as an Art Edition with a set of two screen prints by Santiago Calatrava and a custom-built case, limited to 200 copies and signed by the artist.
Santiago Calatrava is a world-renowned 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 Vincis nature studies, Calatravas 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 monograph gathers detailed entries, photography, and the original watercolor sketches that set Calatrava aside as a unique creative master. It includes all of Calatravas original collaborative input, and projects including the Mediopadana Station in Reggio Emilia, Italy, the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, as well as recent works like the UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, St. Nicholas Greek Church at Ground Zero in New York and Constellation, a large scultpure at River Point Park in Chicago.
Also available as an Art Edition with a set of two screen prints by Santiago Calatrava and a custom-built case, limited to 200 copies and signed by the artist.
Recenzijas
Sculptural. * La Repubblica * This magnificent volume lifts the spirits. And it invites you to plan a journey in the footsteps of Calatrava's exhilarating architecture. * Süddeutsche Zeitung * My buildings must serve the people, not myself. * Santiago Calatrava *
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Homes for Our Time series and monographs on numerous major architects, including Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid.
Santiago Calatrava (born in 1951) studied art and architecture at ETSA in Valencia and engineering at ETH in Zurich, where he founded his first architectural practice in 1981. His best-known works include the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Opera House in his native Valencia, the Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, and the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York. The architect, artist, and engineer has offices in New York City, Dubai, and Zurich.
