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...Orwell was talking through his hat. Le Corbusier described the school Gaudí designed as part of the Sagrada Família project - its roof an ingenious, wave-like structure - as "a masterpiece." Norman Foster has called Gaudí's methods revolutionary. Spain's best-known architect, Santiago Calatrava, shows Gaudí's influence in his use of trencadís (broken ceramic tiles) as decoration, his use of arches, and his primary source of inspiration - nature...
architectural history, along with a renovated opera house by Jean Nouvel, the futuristic Saint-Exupéry Airport station by Santiago Calatrava and even a municipal parking lot by architects Jean-Michel Wilmotte and Daniel Targe and artist Daniel Buren. (For a glimpse, check the inverted periscope in the Place des Célestins...
...MILWAUKEE MUSEUM OF ART ADDITION Throughout Europe, the Spanish engineer-architect Santiago Calatrava is famous for elegant bridges and public buildings that are descendants, in their different ways, of London's 19th century steel-and-glass Crystal Palace, the greenhouse-exhibition space that signaled the beginning of pure engineering as the new form of beauty. For his first completed work in the U.S., Calatrava provided a showstopping new addition for the Milwaukee Museum of Art. His low-slung extension is crowned by a supreme statement, the upward arc of his brise de soleil. It's a sunscreen with "wings" made...
...millennium sticklers - did have 365 days. Just as the tragedy prompted incredible acts of heroism and charity, so too were the cataclysmic events in the U.S. partially counterbalanced by humanity's usual triumphs and pratfalls. Two great skyscrapers are gone, but other great buildings were erected, such as Santiago Calatrava's winglike art museum in Milwaukee, a celebration of light, beauty and space. Author J.K. Rowling's wizards came to life on the screen and people flocked to theaters for a little levitation. A 15-year-old boy from Nepal climbed the world's highest mountain; a 60-year...
...Milwaukee Museum of Art Addition Throughout Europe, the Spanish engineer-architect Santiago Calatrava is famous for elegant bridges and public buildings that are descendants, in their different ways, of London's 19th century steel-and-glass Crystal Palace, the greenhouse-exhibition space that signaled the beginning of pure engineering as the new form of beauty. For his first completed work in the U.S., Calatrava provided a showstopping new addition for the Milwaukee Museum of Art. His low-slung extension is crowned by a supreme statement, the upward arc of his brise de soleil. It's a sunscreen with "wings" made...