Author: Jodidio, Philip
Title: Calatrava: Santiago Calatrava, Complete Works, 1979-2007
Description: Hong Kong, Taschen, 2007. Hardcover. A white fabric casebound book. There is a color-illustrated dust jacket, with the title in white down a blue spine. The free and pasted end pages are color illustrated. Pages: (5), 6-519, (1). Profusely illustrated with color images. "Master of Form: Santiago Calatrava's exquisite fusion of architecture, art and engineering (Complete Works 1979-2007) Santiago Calatrava is not only one of the world's most prominent architects, but also an engineer and an artist. With recent projects such as the stadiums for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens or the new railway station in Li?ge, Belgium, he has reached a level of undeniable notoriety in Europe and continues to move further ahead. The only architect ever to have his work exhibited at both the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he is currently working on the main transportation hub for Ground Zero in Manhattan as well as the tallest building in the United States: the 160-story Chicago Spire Tower. Winner of the 2005 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal as well as numerous other prestigious awards, Calatrava is one of the greatest and most innovative architects alive. He collaborated extensively with Philip Jodidio in the preparation of this monograph that retraces his career thus far and places his architecture in the context of his art, where nature meets engineering. All of Calatrava's work, from his astonishing suspended swimming pool at Zurich's Federal Institute of Technology to his latest, startling designs, is featured in this lavishly illustrated volume. Santiago Calatrava created watercolor drawings specifically for the fold-out pages of this volume." Contents are as follows: The secret of philanthropy -- Alpine bridges, Switzerland -- Swimming pool, Eth Zurisch -- Ernsting's warehouse, Coesfeld-Lette -- Stadelhofen station, Zurich -- Bach de Roda-Felipe II bridge, Barcelona -- BCE Place : galleria and heritage square, Toronto -- Alamillo bridge and La Cartuja viaduct, Seville -- Collserola communications tower, Barcelona -- Montjuic communications tower, Barcelona -- Zurich University, law faculty, Zurich -- Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport railway station, Satolas -- Puerto bridge, Ondarroa -- Campo Volantín footbridge, Bilbao -- Sondica airport and control tower, Bilbao -- Kuwait pavilion Expo '92, Seville -- Tenerife auditorium, Santa Cruz de Tenerife -- City of Arts and Sciences : planetarium, science museum, and l'umbracle, Valencia -- Opera House, Valencia -- Alameda bridge and subway station, Valencia -- Shadow machine, New York -- Remodelling of Plaza De España, Alcoy -- Oriente station, Lisbon -- Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee -- Sundial footbridge, Redding -- Poole Harbour bridge, Poole -- Fourth bridge on the canal grande, Venice -- Liège-Guillemins railway station, Liège -- Bridge of Europe, Orléans -- Bodegas Ysios, Laguardia -- Mujer Bridge, Buenos Aires -- Turning torso, Malmö -- Bridges over the Hoofdvaart, Hoofdorp -- New York Times capsule, New York -- Wave, Dallas -- Olympic sports complex, Athens -- 80 South Street tower, New York -- World Trade Center transportation hub, New York -- Chicago spire tower, Chicago -- Governors Island gondola cars, New York. VG+: Exlibrary book in great condition. Stamp on the reverse of the free front end page. Stamp and due date card on the reverse of the back free end page. Stamp on the dust jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on the top text block.

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