Feats of design and engineering Santiago Calatrava is not only one of the world's most prominentarchitects, but is also an engineer, sculptor, and painter. His reputationas an unparalleled architectural engineer was cemented with his numerousbridges for cities around the world. With recent projects such as thestadium for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the new
railway station inLičge, Belgium, he has unarguably made his name in Europe and continues tolook further ahead. His work is closely related to his own drawings of thehuman body, and to his sculptures of geometric forms, inspired by thedynamics of movement and tension. Winner of the 2005 American Institute ofArchitects Gold Medal and the only architect ever to have his workexhibited at both the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum ofArt in New York, Calatrava is one of today's greatest and most innovativearchitects. This book provides an introduction to and overview of his workto date.