Santiago Calatrava

(1951) spansk ingenjör och arkitekt

Santiago Calatrava (Spain, b. 1951) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Santiago Calatrava belongs to the chapter ‘The present day’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Santiago Calatrava was born in Benimàmet. Santiago Calatrava trained at ETH Zurich and Technical University of Valencia. Santiago Calatrava studied under Rafael Tamarit Pitarch. Wikidata associates Santiago Calatrava with high-tech architecture. Santiago Calatrava became a member of Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. The awards include Officer of Arts and Letters, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, James Parks Morton Interfaith Award, and Saint George's Cross.

The best-known works include ‘ponte della Costituzione’, ‘Jerusalem Chords Bridge’, ‘City of Arts and Sciences’, and ‘Brookfield Place’. The works belong mainly to the genre Bionic architecture. The catalogue has 50 buildings by Santiago Calatrava. The dated buildings span the years 1841–2017. The buildings are in places such as Valencia, Manhattan, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Amarusio Municipality, and Dublin. They are in 17 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Santiago Calatrava belong to the styles ‘Contemporary architecture’, ‘Postmodernism’, and ‘Romanesque’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Joaquim Pijoan i Arbocer, Carmen Calvo Sáenz de Tejada, Javier Mariscal, Krzysztof Jung, and István Orosz.