Santiago Calatrava

Description

"Very few designers in this century - a century dominated by specialization and fragmentation - can be called universal, but Santiago Calatrava is one of these few. In his numerous buildings, engineering projects, sculptures, and furniture designs, this Spanish architect whose practice is based in Switzerland has developed a unique poetics of morphology that overlaps structure and movement."--BOOK JACKET. "The book features thirty-five projects, fully documented with photographs, drawings, and sketches. Included are Calatrava's most recent works - the Milwaukee Art Museum Addition and the Orient Station in Lisbon - and his best known, from the Montjuie Tower to the Alameda Bridge."--BOOK JACKET.

Description

"Spanish-born architect Santiago Calatrava has achieved considerable international acclaim in recent years with his breathtaking feats of engineering in the service of elegant and humanistic modern forms. Santiago Calatrava: The Complete Works comprehensively examines this contemporary master's career, beginning with his education in Valencia and Zurich, and continuing with the origins and development of his celebrated body of work, including the architect's furniture designs, sculpture, and drawings."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

• Santiago Calatrava: Complete WorksHardcoverRizzoli International Publications2004-11-27
• Poetics of movementThames & Hudson1999-01-01
• Santiago CalatravaUniverse1999-01-01
• Santiago CalatravaFlammarion2005-01-01
• Santiago CalatravaUniverse Publishing2005-01-01
• Santiago CalatravaPublishers Group UK [distributor2007-01-01