Vitruvius, the great writer, architect and engineer, identified in his famous treatise on Architecture that the three values essential to any work of Architecture were: firmitas, utilitas, and venustas; or firmness, utility, and delight. Firmness meaning well built, solid and resistant; utility meaning useful and functional, and delight meaning beautiful.
The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer. And, as a composer, the architect brings a sense of creativity to each building. - Santiago Calatrava
The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer. And, as a composer, the architect brings a sense of creativity to each building.
- Santiago Calatrava
Technology is a vocabulary and a language in which you can say many things. - Santiago Calatrava
Technology is a vocabulary and a language in which you can say many things.
As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life. - Santiago Calatrava
As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life.
The way is not always easy, but in order to bring a work through to completion, you will need a strong character, a broad foundation of knowledge and… - Santiago Calatrava
The way is not always easy, but in order to bring a work through to completion, you will need a strong character, a broad foundation of knowledge and…
The architect needs to learn to see, and to open his eyes because there is always a lesson to learn from the streets. - Santiago Calatrava
The architect needs to learn to see, and to open his eyes because there is always a lesson to learn from the streets.
Vitruvius, the great writer, architect and engineer, identified in his famous treatise on Architecture that the three values essential to any work of… - Santiago Calatrava
Vitruvius, the great writer, architect and engineer, identified in his famous treatise on Architecture that the three values essential to any work of…
I love the construction process and it is always important because we try to experiment and do something new, so the builders are not copying any tec… - Santiago Calatrava
I love the construction process and it is always important because we try to experiment and do something new, so the builders are not copying any tec…
There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique. - Santiago Calatrava
There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique.
The most touching thing that anyone can say to me is that I have done something beautiful for the community. - Santiago Calatrava
The most touching thing that anyone can say to me is that I have done something beautiful for the community.
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