Santiago Calatrava

Valencia, Spain, 28.7.1951 (Valencia, Spagna, 28.7.1951)
Official site: Santiago Calatrava


Info (Informazioni)

Born (Nato) - 1951, 28 July, Benimamet, Valencia, Spain.
Education (Educazione) - 1968 Primary and secondary schooling in Valencia, Spain. 1968-1969 Attends Art School in Valencia, Spain. 1969-1974 Studies architecture at the "Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valencia" qualifying as an architect, Spain. 1975 - 1979 attends and earns an engineering degree at the Federla Politechnic un Zürich, Switzerland. 1981 Doctorate in Technical Science of the Department of Architecture ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Career (Carriera) - 1981 Office in Zürich, Switzerland. 1985 Member of BSA (Union of Swiss Architects). Member of the International Academy of Architecture. Honorary Member of BDA (Union of German Architects). 1992 Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos, Valencia, Spain. Member of the European Academy, Cologne, Germany. 1993 Hon FRIBA Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, England. Doctor Honoris Causa, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. 1994 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Seville, Spain. Doctor Honoris Causa of Letters in Environmental Studies, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Fellow Honoris Causae, The Royal Incorporation of Architects, Scotland. Honory Member of Colegio de Arquitectos de la ciudad de Mexico. 1995 Doctor Honoris Causa of Science, University College Salford, England. Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, University of Technology, Delft. Doctor Honoris Causa of Engineering, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1998 Member of Les Arts et lettres, Paris, France. 1999 Doctor Honoris Causa of Civil Engineering, Universisitá degli Stugi di Cassino, Italy. Doctor Honoris Causa of Technology, Lund University, Sweden. Honorary Member Causa of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Spain. Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA, Sweden.
Information (Informazioni) - Spanish architect, engineer and sculptor.
Awards (Premi) - 1987 Auguste Perret UIA prize for applied technology in architecture. 1990 "Médaille d´Argent de la Recherche et de la Technique", Paris. 1991 European Glulam Award, (Glued laminated Timber Construction), Munich, Germany. 1992 Gold Metal, Institute of Structural Engineers, London, England. 1993 City of Toronto Urban Design Award, for the BCE Place Galery,Toronto, Canada. 1995 Medalla de Oro al Mérito de las Bellas Artes, Ministry of Culture, Granada, Spain. 1995 European Award for Steel Structures, reconstruction of the "Kronprinzenbrücke", Berlin, Germany. 1999 Principe de ASTURIAS Award for the Arts.




Most important projects (Progetti principali)

Work (Opera) Stadelhofen Railway Station, Zurich, Switzerland, 1983 - 1984

Work (Opera) Lucerne Station Hall, Atrio alla stazione di Lucerna, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1983 - 1989

Work (Opera) Felip II Bridge, Ponte Felip II, Barcelona, Spain, 1985 - 1987

Work (Opera) New canopy of the PTT Postal Centre, Nuova pensilina della posta, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1985

Work (Opera) Tabourettli Theatre, Basel, Switzerland, 1986

Work (Opera) Lusitania Bridge, Merida, Spain, 1988 - 1991

Work (Opera) Emergency Center, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1988 - 1998

Work (Opera) Montjuic Communications Tower, Torre della comunicazioni, Barcelona, Spain, 1989 - 1992

Work (Opera) Airport Station, Lyon-Satolas, France, 1989 - 1994

Work (Opera) Sondica Airport, Bilbao, Spain, 1990 - 2000

Work (Opera) Tenerife Opera House, Tenerife, Spain, 1991 - 2003

Work (Opera) Ponte stazione di Alameda, Bridge and underground station, Valencia, Spain, 1991 - 1995

Work (Opera) Planetario, Planetarium, Valencia, Spain, 1991

Work (Opera) Museo delle Scienze, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Science Museum, Valencia, Spain, 1991 - 1995

Work (Opera) Allan Lambert Galleria, Galleria Alan Lambert, Toronto, Canada, 1992 - 1993

Work (Opera) Heritage Square, Toronto, Canada, 1992 - 1993

Work (Opera) Shadow Machine, New York, United States of America, 1992

Work (Opera) Orient Station, Lisbon, Portugal, 1993 - 1998

Work (Opera) Campo Volantin Footbridge, Bilbao, Spain, 1994 - 1997

Work (Opera) Art Museum, Milwaukee, United States of America, 1994 - 2000

Work (Opera) Piazzale Roma Bridge, Venice, Italy, 1996

Work (Opera) Bridge of Europe, Orléans, France, 1996 - 2000

Work (Opera) Bodegas Ysios, Laguardia, Spain, 1998 - 2000

Work (Opera) High Rise in Malmö, Malmö, Sweden, 1999 - 2005

Work (Opera) Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece, 2001 - 2004

Work (Opera) WTC Path Terminal, NeyYork, United States of America, 2003

Work (Opera) Bridge at Turtle Bay, California, United States of America, 2004

Work (Opera) Umbracle, Valencia, Spain, 2006

Work (Opera) Palazzo delle Arti, Palau de les Arts, Opera House, Valencia, Spain, 2006


Architecture Photo Gallery (Fotografie di architetture)

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