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The European Prize for Architecture 2015: Laureate Santiago Calatrava

The European Prize for Architecture 2015: Laureate Santiago Calatrava J. Uhlemann/N. Stranghöner/K. Saxe · Comparison of stiffness properties of common coated fabrics People most likely way to secure commissions. Calatrava’s postmodern structures turn The European Prize for Architecture 2015: Laureate Santiago Calatrava His first winning competition proposal, this maxim on its head. His designs sug- in 1983, was for the design and construc- gest stylized natural objects – waves, tion of Stadelhofen Railway Station in wings, or sun-bleached skeletons, with Zurich.  rows of white concrete ribs curved into The next year, Calatrava designed distorted parabolic arches. The true pur- and built a bridge for the Olympic pose of these dramatic contours are both aesthetic and structural.” Games in Barcelona; this was the be- “It is significant that The European ginning of a series of bridge projects that established his international repu- Prize for Architecture honors Calatrava tation. By the mid-1980s, Calatrava was as an architect, engineer, sculptor, and hired for large-scale public projects, and painter,” Narkiewicz-Laine adds. opened offices for his company in Zu- “Calatrava has sealed the deal on rich, Paris, Valencia, and later New the long-standing modernist debate as York. During this period, he also began to whether ‘architecture is engineering’ One of the world’s foremost visionary, to exhibit his abstract sculptures in mu- or ‘architecture is an art,’ continues utopian, and iconic architects today, seums and galleries.  Narkiewicz-Laine. “For decades, mod- Santiago Calatrava Valls, has been Known for his flowing, curved build- ern architects sneered at any close asso- named as this year’s recipient of the European Prize for Architecture, awarded ings, he uses steel, concrete, and new ciation with the practice of architecture by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of computer modeling to create composi- as being an ‘art form,’ but instead based Architecture and Design, together with tions that appear at once natural and their professional designing pursuits on The European Centre for Architecture structurally impossible. His compositions pure engineering. Even art-inspired ar- Art Design and Urban Studies. convey a sense of direction and move- chitects as Hassan Fathy and a host of South American architects, including The European Prize for Architecture ment.  Luis Barragán, have held themselves is Europe’s most prestigious prize given “In this sense,” states Christian Nark- iewicz-Laine, Museum President, The out to be total engineers. For this singu- annually to architects who have blazoned Chicago Athenaeum, “the Spanish-born lar architect practitioner, architecture is a new path and direction for an archi- architect Calatrava is more than just an engineering and is definitively art. In tecture that is deeply humane and com- architect. He is a visionary theorist, phi- Calatrava, we see all three disciplines mitted to forward the principles of Euro- losopher, and utopian and a true artist seamlessly merging into the one practice pean humanism. Last year, the European in the craft of engineering and architec- of architecture with no distinctions or Prize for Architecture was given to the tonic expressionism. His buildings are any separations whatsoever.” Italian architect, Alessandro Mendini. not just ‘building.’ They are powerful Europe’s highest award for architec- Born in Spain in 1951, Calatrava works of art; inspired by a master’s gifted ture will be presented at an award cere- earned a degree in architecture and then in civil engineering, intrigued by the hand and sculpted by a superior, critical mony to be held at the World Trade mathematics behind historic architecture. eye; immensely evocative and fiercely Center in New York on November 17. Early in his career, Calatrava worked as intellectual.”  an engineer and began to enter architec- “If ‘form follows function’ is the Further information: tural competitions, believing this was his rallying cry of modern architecture, https://chi-athenaeum.org Steel Construction 8 (2015), No. 4 229 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Steel Construction: Design and Research Wiley

The European Prize for Architecture 2015: Laureate Santiago Calatrava

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J. Uhlemann/N. Stranghöner/K. Saxe · Comparison of stiffness properties of common coated fabrics People most likely way to secure commissions. Calatrava’s postmodern structures turn The European Prize for Architecture 2015: Laureate Santiago Calatrava His first winning competition proposal, this maxim on its head. His designs sug- in 1983, was for the design and construc- gest stylized natural objects – waves, tion of Stadelhofen Railway Station in wings, or sun-bleached skeletons, with Zurich.  rows of white concrete ribs curved into The next year, Calatrava designed distorted parabolic arches. The true pur- and built a bridge for the Olympic pose of these dramatic contours are both aesthetic and structural.” Games in Barcelona; this was the be- “It is significant that The European ginning of a series of bridge projects that established his international repu- Prize for Architecture honors Calatrava tation. By the mid-1980s, Calatrava was as an architect, engineer, sculptor, and hired for large-scale public projects, and painter,” Narkiewicz-Laine adds. opened offices for his company in Zu- “Calatrava has sealed the deal on rich, Paris, Valencia, and later New the long-standing modernist debate as York. During this period, he also began to whether ‘architecture is engineering’ One of the world’s foremost visionary, to exhibit his abstract sculptures in mu- or ‘architecture is an art,’ continues utopian, and iconic architects today, seums and galleries.  Narkiewicz-Laine. “For decades, mod- Santiago Calatrava Valls, has been Known for his flowing, curved build- ern architects sneered at any close asso- named as this year’s recipient of the European Prize for Architecture, awarded ings, he uses steel, concrete, and new ciation with the practice of architecture by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of computer modeling to create composi- as being an ‘art form,’ but instead based Architecture and Design, together with tions that appear at once natural and their professional designing pursuits on The European Centre for Architecture structurally impossible. His compositions pure engineering. Even art-inspired ar- Art Design and Urban Studies. convey a sense of direction and move- chitects as Hassan Fathy and a host of South American architects, including The European Prize for Architecture ment.  Luis Barragán, have held themselves is Europe’s most prestigious prize given “In this sense,” states Christian Nark- iewicz-Laine, Museum President, The out to be total engineers. For this singu- annually to architects who have blazoned Chicago Athenaeum, “the Spanish-born lar architect practitioner, architecture is a new path and direction for an archi- architect Calatrava is more than just an engineering and is definitively art. In tecture that is deeply humane and com- architect. He is a visionary theorist, phi- Calatrava, we see all three disciplines mitted to forward the principles of Euro- losopher, and utopian and a true artist seamlessly merging into the one practice pean humanism. Last year, the European in the craft of engineering and architec- of architecture with no distinctions or Prize for Architecture was given to the tonic expressionism. His buildings are any separations whatsoever.” Italian architect, Alessandro Mendini. not just ‘building.’ They are powerful Europe’s highest award for architec- Born in Spain in 1951, Calatrava works of art; inspired by a master’s gifted ture will be presented at an award cere- earned a degree in architecture and then in civil engineering, intrigued by the hand and sculpted by a superior, critical mony to be held at the World Trade mathematics behind historic architecture. eye; immensely evocative and fiercely Center in New York on November 17. Early in his career, Calatrava worked as intellectual.”  an engineer and began to enter architec- “If ‘form follows function’ is the Further information: tural competitions, believing this was his rallying cry of modern architecture, https://chi-athenaeum.org Steel Construction 8 (2015), No. 4 229

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