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Santiago Calatrava was born in 1951 in Valence. He studies l' art and l' structure with Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valence of 1969 to 1974 and in parallel l' engineering with l' ETH of Zurich and becomes science doctor and techniques in 1981. It creates its agency d' structure in 1981. Here some one of its works. Click = Pentru continuare Manual
1989 ÷ 1994 Aéroport de Lyon-Satolas (rebaptisé Saint-Exupéry). An architecture which magnifie the structure and sublimates the movement: the hall of the station seems a gigantic bird ready to take its take-off and the station platforms are as a guard of honour of men greeting the passage of the TGV which cross the station to 300km/h in the space of a few seconds
Pont Zubi Zuri Bilbao, Espagne, 1994 ÷ 1997
ORIENTE STATION - LISBOA
La Rioja, Bodegas YsiosLaguardia, Álava, Espagne, 1998 ÷ 2000 Santiago Calatrava wanted a bodegas building which would be an icon for the new wine and adapts at the same time to the precise and rigorous program necessary spaces to make, store and sell the wine.
House of l' symphony orchestra of Tenerife Santa Cruz, Spain, 1991 ÷ 2003
House of the symphony orchestra of Tenerife A wonder of technology out of concrete and stones
Toit Olympique Athènes, Grèce, 2004
Turning Torso : à Malmö Suède, 2001 ÷ 2005 Inspired by the human body, Tuning Torso, appears as a stacking of nine shifted cubes the ones compared to the others and thus creating an impression of dynamism and tension. This building includes/understands 54 stages divided between offices, residences, and spaces of meetings. Turning Torso gained in Cannes in 2005 the price MIPIM better residential building.
January 22,2004, Santiago Calatrava revealed its design for New York Trade Center (2006…)
It is the city of the Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, my adoptive city, this is my small tribute.
Es un jardín cubierto por una estructura abierta de arcos metálicos…
From l´umbracle superior is descried to the rest of buildings from a height. … …