Calatrava. Complete Works 1979–Today

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 updated 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 input as well as new projects such as the Mediopadana Station in Reggio Emilia Italy the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro and recent works like the UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai.