Santiago Calatrava - Notable works, Awards, Exhibits

Architect and engineer, born in Spain. His projects showed advanced solutions to experimentation with the dynamism of structures. Among his works are bridges in Basel, Mérida, Lleida, Barcelona, Sevilla, and Bilbao, the communications tower on Montjuïc for the Barcelona Olympics, the Oriente Railway Station in Lisbon, and the Hemisfèric (planetarium) in Valencia.

Santiago Calatrava Valls
Personal Information
Name	Santiago Calatrava Valls
Nationality	Spanish
Birth date	July 28, 1951
Birth place	Valencia
Working Life
Practice Name	Santiago Calatrava
Significant Buildings	Ciutat de Les Arts i Les Ciències
Significant Projects
Awards and Prizes	see below

Santiago Calatrava Valls (born July 28, 1951) is a Spanish architect and engineer whose work has become increasingly popular worldwide.

Calatrava was born in Valencia, Spain, where he pursued undergraduate studies at the Architecture School and Arts and Crafts School.

Calatrava has also designed three bridges that will eventually span the Trinity River in Dallas, the first of which will commence construction in December, 2005.

Calatrava was awarded the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts. Since its inception, the Council has bestowed the award upon 31 individuals producing creative work in the performing, visual and media arts, as well as authors, art historians and patrons of the arts.

Notable works

Completed

Trinity Bridge, footbridge over River Irwell, Salford, England Oberbaumbrücke, Berlin, Germany Alameda Bridge and metro station, Valencia, Spain 1983-1984, Jakem Steel Warehouse, Munchwilen, Switzerland 1983-1985, Ernsting Warehouse, Coesfeld, Germany 1983-1988, Wohlen High School, Wohlen, Switzerland 1983-1990, Stadelhofen Railway Station, Zürich, Switzerland 1983-1989, Lucerne Station Hall, Lucerne, Switzerland 1984-1987, Bac de Roda Bridge, Barcelona, Spain 1984-1988, Barenmatte Community Center, Suhr, Switzerland, 1986-1987, Tabourettli Theater, Basel, Switzerland, 1987-1992, BCE Place (atrium), Toronto, Canada, 1989-1994, Satolas TGV Station, Lyon, France 1992, Puente del Alamillo, Seville, Spain 1992, Puente de Lusitania, Mérida, Spain 1992, Montjuic Communications Tower at the Olympic Ring, Barcelona, Spain 1992, World's Fair, Kuwaiti Pavilion, Seville, Spain 1994-1997, Campo Volantin Footbridge, Bilbao, Spain 1996, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain 1998, Estação do Oriente or (Gare do Oriente), Lisbon, Portugal 1998, Puente de la Mujer, in the Puerto Madero barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina 2000, New terminal at Bilbao Airport, Bilbao, Spain 2001, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 2003, James Joyce Bridge, bridge over River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland 2004, redesign of Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece 2004, Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay, Redding, California, USA 2004, Three bridges (called Harp, Cittern and Lute) spanning the main canal of the Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands 2004, University of Zurich, "Bibliothekseinbau" library remodelling, Zürich, Switzerland 2005, Turning Torso, Malmö, Sweden

Under construction/Proposed

World Trade Center Transportation Hub, New York City, USA Atlanta Symphony Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA TGV Train Station, Liège, Belgium Palacio de Congresos, Oviedo, Spain Chicago Spire, Chicago, USA Margaret Hunt Hill bridge, Dallas, Texas, USA City Entrance Bridge, also known as 'Strings Bridge' Jerusalem, Israel Eighty South Street, 835 foot tall stack of 10 condominum units on the East River, starting at $27 Million each. Medio Padana TAV Station, Reggio Emilia, Italy 3 Bridges on the A1 Motorway and TAV Railway, Reggio Emilia, Italy Piazzale Roma Footbridge over the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

Calatrava has also submitted designs for a number of notable projects which were eventually awarded to other designers, including the Reichstag in Berlin and the East London River Crossing.

Calatrava's project for 400 North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, formerly named the Fordham Spire, will, at 2,000 feet tall, be the tallest building in North America when it opens in 2010

Never Built

A campus building for Ryerson University in Toronto Canada.

Awards

1992 London Institution of Structural Engineers Gold Medal 1993 Toronto Municipality Urban Design Award 1996 Gold Medal for Excellence in the Fine Arts from the Granada Ministry of Culture 1999 Prince of Asturias Award in Arts 2000 Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts from the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University 2006 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts from the Council for the Arts at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 2005 AIA Gold Medal designation as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos

Exhibits

A special exhibition has been presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 5, 2006 .