Calatrava: Complete Works 1979-2009

by Philip Jodidio

Santiago Calatrava is not only one of the worlds most prominent architects, but also an engineer and an artist. With recent projects such as the stadiums for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens or the new railway station in Liege, Belgium, he has reached a level of undeniable notoriety in Europe and continues to move further ahead. The only architect ever to have his work exhibited at both the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he recently completed the main transportation hub for Ground Zero in Manhattan. Winner of the 2005 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal as well as numerous other prestigious awards, Calatrava is one of the greatest and most innovative architects alive. All of Calatrava work, from his astonishing suspended swimming pool at Zurichs Federal Institute of Technology to his latest, startling designs, is featured in this lavishly illustrated volume.

Genres: Architecture

528 pages, Hardcover

Published July 1, 2009

Reviews

[Zioluc · Rating 2 out of 5]

Carrellata dei progetti fino al 2005. Apprezzabili le foto in grande formato, ma mancano quasi sempre planimetrie, dettagli tecnici, un parere critico. Non è quindi un testo di architettura ma, come spesso nel catalogo Taschen, un libro da tavolino del salotto, una sorta di agiografia di un presunto novello Leonardo da Vinci (fama peraltro che Calatrava persegue egli stesso).