Santiago Calatrava. The Spaniard, astonished the world! (19 photos, video) Bashny.Net

Santiago Calatrava, is without doubt one of the most brilliant architects of our time - he has earned worldwide recognition for his amazing, brave and, at the same time, elaborate works in the style of "bio-tech". I suggest to get acquainted with its main creations.




July 28, 1951 in the tiny Spanish town Benimàmet, which today is part of Valencia was born a boy, who was to write his name in the history of modern art. After finishing the local school of Architecture and the School of Arts, and received a degree in engineering at ETH Zurich, in 1981, Santiago Calatrava opened his studio in Zurich, where he worked as an architect and engineer.

The inspiration for his work from the work of the Spaniard drew the famous French architect Le Corbusier, the founder of the International Style of architecture. In 1989, the architect opened a branch of his studio in Paris.



The early period of creativity Calatrava was devoted mainly railway stations and bridges. The most famous creation of his early work is matchless Alamillo Bridge in Seville.



The turning point in the career of Santiago was his telecommunication tower Montjuïc in Barcelona, ​​designed to be the heart of the Summer Olympics in 1992.



Seeing that the Spanish architect "get up" with the usual TV Tower, many countries want to see and at the creation of this undoubtedly talented person with a completely new look at the familiar design.



As a result, Calatrava commissioned construction of a huge scientific and entertainment complex in Valencia - City of Arts and Sciences, the first building which was ready in 1996.



In 1997, yet another Spanish city - Bilbao - was completed new pedestrian "white bridge" zubizuri or, as it is called, Campo Volantin erected on the project has already achieved world-renowned architect.



In 1998, in the area of ​​Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires Argentine appeared Footbridge amazing women is, in fact, the first and only Spanish architect's work in South America.



In 2001, the Milwaukee Museum of Art appeared amazing Kvadrachchi Pavilion, which became the first creation by Santiago Calatrava on American soil.



In 2003, on the River Liffey in Dublin has been thrown a little, but no less spectacular James Joyce Bridge.



The Irish are so pleased work of Calatrava, it was decided to order him another bridge) Thus, in 2009, just downstream appeared Samuel Beckett Bridge, completely different in structure and purpose).



And also in 2003, it was completed the construction of the Concert Hall of Tenerife, on which Santiago Calatrava has worked 6 years.



In 2004, Santiago scored in California, built in Turtle Bay Bridge, which, in combination, the world's largest sundial! He called him - Sundial Bridge.



In 2005, the Spaniard finished building his first skyscraper - Turning Torso in the Swedish port city Malmö - caused excitement among the public of their "twisted" form.



In 2008, the entrance to Jerusalem, adorned with the new Calatrava bridge, immediately nicknamed for its shape Harp of David, and immediately became one of the symbols of this ancient city.



In 2009, Santiago Calatrava presented his kinetic composition in Israel Institute of Technology.

The last complete creation of the Spanish architect was the new building of the station Liege-Guillemins in Belgium, struck ease its forms, even the most avid critics of modernity



Currently Calatrava designing the future train station - World Trade Center Transportation Tentra - in the reconstructed World Trade Center in New York. And now, because of the crisis, completely stopped construction of the facility, which was to become the jewel of creativity Spaniard - Spare Chicago skyscraper, would become the most amazing and beautiful building "city of skyscrapers"



And here is how the tower would look below ...



In addition to these projects, Santiago Calatrava has built office complex Brookfield Place in Toronto, Canada; Kuwait erected pavilion at the World Exhibition in Seville in 1992; He engaged in the development and remodeling of the station of the University Library in Zurich, Switzerland; renovated in 1992-1995, the central span of the bridge Oberbaumbruecke Berlin; designed by one of the stations of the Lisbon Metro in 1998; I opened the XXI century construction of a new terminal of the airport of Bilbao in Spain; rebuilt in 2004, the Olympic Sports Complex in Athens for the Olympics ... His every creation differed somewhat from previous ones, each has its own peculiarity, and this is not a complete list of his brilliant projects