Santiago Calatrava, sir master of architecture

While I was trying remember who was the other worldfamous architect from my book at University, suddenly Mr Santiago Calatrava name appeared in my mind. Mr Calatrava is a Genius Spanish Architect.

Did I ever told you that best shoes made in Italy and Spain? It is not surprise,because in Europe the best fashion, furniture,sculptures,architect design came from Italy and Spain. If I would have time, I will write about  Venice Architect Biennal.... Best place what I visited ever! ( http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/index.html )

 

 

Now go back, and watch some projects from our Spanish Genius, Santiago Calatrava. I think he is the biggest master of bridges all over the world. I have seen his bridge in Venice, Italy and of course Dublin, Ireland. His design is brilliant, almost everybody adore his pojects.

Santiago Calatrava  (born 28 July 1951) is a Spanish architect, sculptor and structural engineer whose principal office is in Zürich, Switzerland. Classed now among the elite designers of the world, he has offices in Zürich, Paris, Valencia, and New York City.

Calatrava was born in Benimàmet, an old municipality now integrated as an urban part of Valencia, Spain, where he pursued his undergraduate architecture degree at the Polytechnic University of Valencia along with a post-graduate course in urbanism. During his schooldays, he also undertook independent projects with a group of fellow students, bringing out two books on the vernacular architecture of Valencia and Ibiza. Following graduation in 1975, he enrolled in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland, for graduate work in civil engineering. In 1981, after completing his doctoral thesis, "On the Foldability of Space Frames", he started his architecture and engineering practice.

 

Thanks Good, send us somebody to the Earth, who really feel what does it mean built environment!

He has a lots of projects. Now I would like to start with two bridges:

 

2008, Ponte della Costituzione footbridge from Piazzale Roma over the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

 

 

2003, James Joyce Bridge, bridge over River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland

 

2009, Samuel Beckett Bridge, bridge over River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland

 

Not only bridges, here you are some buildings:

 

The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) is an art museum with a collection of over 30,000 works of art serving over 350,000 visitors a year. The campus of three buildings is located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee.

This is Santiago Calatrava first completed project in the United States, which opened on May 4, 2001. The structure contains a movable, wing-like brise soleil which opens up for a wingspan of 217 feet during the day, folding over the tall, arched structure at night or during inclement weather. The brise soleil has since become a symbol for the city of Milwaukee.

In addition to a gallery devoted to temporary exhibits, the pavilion houses the museum's store and its restaurant, Cafe Calatrava. The pavilion received the 2004 Outstanding Structure Award from the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.

Interior at Milwaukee Art Museum

 

Some structure  inside the building... wow!!!