Santiago CALATRAVA

(1951~)

Spanish-Swiss architect, civil engineer and artist who lives and works in Zurich, Doha and New York and was awarded honorary doctorates dozens of times | 1951 born in Valencia / Spain | 1969-73 studies architecture / urbanistics at “Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura” in Valencia | 1975-79 studies civil engeering at “ETH”, Zürich | 1981 receives PhD at ETH | 1980 opens office in Zürich | 1989 opens office in Paris; honorary member at “Association of German Architects” | 2015 receives “European Architecture Award” | 2019 member of the “Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature”