Spanish visionary Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world
as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. Famed
for bridges as much as buildings, he has made his name with
neofuturistic structures that combine deft engineering solutions
with dramatic visual impact. From the Athens 2004 Olympic sports
complex and the Museum of Tomorrow to the Peace Bridge in Calgary,
Alamillo Bridge in Seville, and the Mujer Bridge in Buenos Aires,
Calatrava's creations show particular interest in the meeting point
of movement and balance. With influences ranging from NASA space
design to da Vinci's nature studies, the structures dazzle with a
sense of lightness, agility, and aerodynamism, but always with a
graceful poise amid their particular surroundings. This compact
introduction explores Calatrava's unique aesthetic with key
projects from his career, from early breakthroughs to his most
recent work. Through buildings of culture, science, faith, and
across his many famous bridges, we explore his integration of
organic forms and human movements, and a uniquely fluid futurism,
soaring towards tomorrow. About the series Born back in 1985, the
Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book
collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic
Architecture series features: an introduction to the life and work
of the architect the major works in chronological order information
about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as
construction problems and resolutions a list of all the selected
works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most
famous buildings approximately 120 illustrations (photographs,
sketches, drafts, and plans)
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