For people of the younger generation, the 21st century has started for them with a positive sign that Valencia is and will continue to be a very modern city.

Santiago Calatrava

I became a fanatic of the architecture of Le Corbusier and I visited almost all his buildings and read all his books. Only later on did I discover that all the things that impressed me in his books, particular his ideology, he had picked up from Auguste Perret.

Santiago Calatrava

I always admired the U.S. as the country of the space shuttle, of technological achievement.

Santiago Calatrava

Some have tried to use my work for politics, using inaccurate or out-of-context information that, repeated enough, becomes truth to some even though it is not.

Santiago Calatrava

Because of the nature of the profession of architecture, the art of architecture nourishes itself from other disciplines.

Santiago Calatrava

The first significant work I did was a railway station in Zurich called Stadelhofen.

Santiago Calatrava

For the first project I did in North America, I was asked as an artist, not as an architect, to collaborate on a big development in the heart of Toronto. I was working with other artists and was in charge of giving form to a street, and I proposed a galleria.

Santiago Calatrava

I always considered the role of teaching to be very noble and relevant.

Santiago Calatrava

A first building is like a first novel, it is always autobiographical.

Santiago Calatrava

Like Grand Central Station, which is a marvelous building, the design and engineering of the Oculus will endure for many generations to come.

Santiago Calatrava

When I was in architecture school, I became curious about the exact mathematics, physics, and construction of the great structures I had been studying. I wanted to know how these amazing things would work: the Pantheon, the dome of Michelangelo, the dome of Brunelleschi. So I decided to study civil engineering.

Santiago Calatrava

You could say that I had become possessed, in the classical sense, by the art of the great architects of the past. And that led me to engineering.

Santiago Calatrava

Imagine for a second that the Golden Gate had not been built. This place in the San Francisco Bay would be one of the many beautiful places along the Pacific Coast - but that's all. Once you put the bridge there, you distinguish it from any other place in the world.

Santiago Calatrava

I visited Notre Dame at 11 in the morning and the sun was entering through the south rose window, it was so impressive. This is when architecture can be king and give people sensations, like music.

Santiago Calatrava

As a student I travelled around the Mediterranean - the Greek islands and Salerno on the south coast of Italy.

Santiago Calatrava

When I moved to Switzerland to study at ETH Zurich I became fascinated by Swiss architecture.

Santiago Calatrava

Something that has been every important to me in all my projects has been location, the place where they are installed.

Santiago Calatrava

A new building should deliver a feeling of hope.

Santiago Calatrava

Something that's very important is to preserve the sense of surprise, the sense of discovery. The eye of the person you are talking to, your shadow on the ground. It's important not to get suffocated by all the things in life and lose that sense of surprise.

Santiago Calatrava

The Huashan project is a clear example of how an urban element, key to the successful growth of the city, can at the same time improve the quality of life for its citizens, thanks to an integration of all three bridges and the creation of boulevards on the banks of the canal.

Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava Quotes

For people of the younger generation, the 21st century has started for them with a positive sign that Valencia is and will continue to be a very modern city.

I became a fanatic of the architecture of Le Corbusier and I visited almost all his buildings and read all his books. Only later on did I discover that all the things that impressed me in his books, particular his ideology, he had picked up from Auguste Perret.

I always admired the U.S. as the country of the space shuttle, of technological achievement.

Some have tried to use my work for politics, using inaccurate or out-of-context information that, repeated enough, becomes truth to some even though it is not.

Because of the nature of the profession of architecture, the art of architecture nourishes itself from other disciplines.

The first significant work I did was a railway station in Zurich called Stadelhofen.

For the first project I did in North America, I was asked as an artist, not as an architect, to collaborate on a big development in the heart of Toronto. I was working with other artists and was in charge of giving form to a street, and I proposed a galleria.

I always considered the role of teaching to be very noble and relevant.

A first building is like a first novel, it is always autobiographical.

Like Grand Central Station, which is a marvelous building, the design and engineering of the Oculus will endure for many generations to come.

You could say that I had become possessed, in the classical sense, by the art of the great architects of the past. And that led me to engineering.

Imagine for a second that the Golden Gate had not been built. This place in the San Francisco Bay would be one of the many beautiful places along the Pacific Coast - but that's all. Once you put the bridge there, you distinguish it from any other place in the world.

I visited Notre Dame at 11 in the morning and the sun was entering through the south rose window, it was so impressive. This is when architecture can be king and give people sensations, like music.

As a student I travelled around the Mediterranean - the Greek islands and Salerno on the south coast of Italy.

When I moved to Switzerland to study at ETH Zurich I became fascinated by Swiss architecture.

Something that has been every important to me in all my projects has been location, the place where they are installed.

A new building should deliver a feeling of hope.

Something that's very important is to preserve the sense of surprise, the sense of discovery. The eye of the person you are talking to, your shadow on the ground. It's important not to get suffocated by all the things in life and lose that sense of surprise.

The Huashan project is a clear example of how an urban element, key to the successful growth of the city, can at the same time improve the quality of life for its citizens, thanks to an integration of all three bridges and the creation of boulevards on the banks of the canal.