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Four months later the project plan with three structures (communications tower, planetarium, and a science museum) was presented, designed by Santiago Calatrava. [7] The team that had designed the museum did not see eye to eye with the form in which Santiago Calatrava conceived the building, and a couple of changes were made.
The site covers 170 acres (69 ha) of land which once contained phosphorus mines, many of which have been filled with water creating small lakes.Calatrava's plan combined several small lakes into a central lake, which serves as a setting for the central structure, the Innovation, Science, and Technology (IST) building. The eye-shaped central ...
Buildings and structures designed by Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava: Subcategories.
Constellation is a sculpture by Santiago Calatrava, installed along the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The 29-foot-tall red sculpture was privately funded. [ 3 ]
Turning Torso, in Malmö, Sweden is regarded as the first twisted tower or building. [3] It was designed by Santiago Calatrava and was completed in 2005. [4] When completed, Diamond Tower will be the only building to twist a full 360 degrees along its height.
The building is over 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft), has a height of 55 metres (180 ft), [3] and it resembles the skeleton of a whale, [3] [4] a façade that was designed by Santiago Calatrava and was built by a joint venture of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas and Necso. [5]
80 South Street was a proposed residential skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, that had been planned in the early 21st century.The original proposal for the skyscraper, released in 2003, was designed by renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, and was canceled in 2008 as a result of a declining real-estate market.
The building was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and was being developed by Garrett Kelleher of Shelbourne Development Group, Inc., the then-owner of St Patrick's Athletic F.C. [1] [2] [13] Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley approved of the design, stating that it was environmentally friendly. Burton F. Natarus, who was the 42nd ...