Customer Reviews

Calatrava

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Excellent color photographs and more importantly. hand sketches by Calatrava of each architectural structure prior to its construction. I have always trusted German Publishing company Taschen and have high regard for the quality of work they produce.

This is an exceptional book on the entire sweep of Calatrava's career to date. Both the text and the illustrations (conceptual sketches, drawings and photographs) are top-notch. However, this book claims to present the complete works. It does not. It has omitted his proposal for the replacement of the collapsed 35W interstate bridge across the Mississippi river in Minneapolis. It also omits a grouping of residential (and hotel) towers which he has proposed near his City of Arts and Science in Valencia. The tops of those towers, BTW, can be glimpsed in the background of a small illustration of the Agora near the end of the book.

Great book, lots of images and includes the initial drawings and paintings of his ideas. Defiantly one of the best books I have in my collection. Well worth the price, it's probably worth double it's price it's such a good book

This is a nice book using as a index for calatrava's complete work, watercolor and brief introduction. Very inspiring, convenient with good price. Not for detail reference.

This book presents 40 works of the Spanish architekt, from bridges and subway stations to opera houses (Valencia) and very original skyscrapers (which however - with the exception of the turning torso im Malmö - are still studies). Only in the attachment all objects of Calatrava are listed, so subtitling the book "complete works" is overdoing it a bit. The explanations on the presented objects are rather short (as there are trialingual in EN/GE/FR), and sometimes a few more details might have been interesting. The leading role in this book anyway are the nice photographies and the sketches of the individual objects. If this makes it coffee table book, so be it. Calatrava has a very distinct and extraordinary style, bringing science fiction to mind and making its objects looking nearly lifelike. If you like this style and considering the rather modest price this book is a worthwhile buy.