1951

Born in Benimàmet, Valencia.

1956-1961

Elementary education in Valencia.

1959-1960

Took evening classes at the “Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Burjassot”, Valencia.

1961-1968

Baccalaureate education in Valencia.

1968-1969

Studied Fine Arts in Valencia.

1969-1973

Studied Architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valencia.

1973

Did his end of degree project on urban planning in Valencia.

1975-1979

Studied a doctorate degree in Technical Sciences at the Architecture Department at ETH Zurich with his thesis on "The Pliability of three-dimensional structures”.

Teaching assistant at the Institute of Structural Engineering at ETH Zurich, Department 1.

Teaching assistant at the Institute of Static Planes and Lightweight Structures at ETH Zurich, Department 3.

Began his own architecture and civil engineering office in Zurich.

1981

Earned a Doctorate Degree in Civil Engineering in Zurich.

1987

Joined the BSA (Swiss Architects Federation). Augusto Perret Award from UIA (International Union of Architects).

Member of the International Academy of Architecture.

1988

Won the "Premio de Arte de la Ciudad de Barcelona" (City of Barcelona Art Prize) for the Bac de Roda Bridge.

Press Association Prize", Valencia.

"Internationale Vereinigung für Brückenbau und Hochbau” (The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering) Prize, Switzerland.

FAD Prize 1988. "Fritz Schumacher 1988” Prize, Germany.

Member of the "Fazlur Rahman Khan International Fellowship for Architecture in Engineering".

1989

Opened his second office in Paris.

Honorary Member of BDA (Association of German Architects).

Solo exhibition at the University of Columbia, New York, USA.

Solo documentary for Televisión Española (Spanish Television).

1990

"Médaille d'Argent de la Recherche et de la Technique” (Silver Medal for Research and Technique), Paris.

1991

"Holzleimbau” Prize, Munich.

"Auszeichnung für gute Bauten 1991” Prize, Zurich for the Stadelhofen Railway Station.

1992

Member of the "Europa Akademie".

Member of the “Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos”, Valencia.

Solo exhibition at RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), London.

Gold medal from the Institute of Structural Engineers, London.

Exhibition at the Dutch Institute for Architecture, Rotterdam.

1993

Bridges exhibition at the "Dealsches Museum", Munich.

Structure & Expression -Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York.

Exhibition at the Danish Centre for Architecture, Copenhagen.

Santiago Calatrava -Solo exhibition at "La Llotja", Valencia, sponsored by the Valencian Institute of Contemporary Art (IVAM).

Exhibition at the architecture centre “Gammel Dok”, Denmark.

Honorary Member of RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), London.

Santiago Calatrava -Exhibition at Overbeck Gesellschaft, Lübeck (Germany).

Santiago Calatrava -Exhibition at the Danish Centre for Architecture, Copenhagen (Denmark).

Honorary Doctorate from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.

Medal of Honour for Fostering Invention, by the Fundación García Cabrerizo, Madrid (Spain).

Prize for Urban Design from the City of Toronto for the Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto (Canada).

1994

Santiago Calatrava -Recent Projects, Bruton Street Gallery, London (England).

Honorary Doctorate from the Universidad de Sevilla (Spain).

Santiago Calatrava, Buildings and Bridges. Moscow Museum of Modern Art.

Creu Sant Jordi (The Cross of Saint George). Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain).

Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (Scotland).

Santiago Calatrava -The Dynamics of Equilibrium, Ma Gallery, Tokyo (Japan).

Santiago Calatrava, exhibition at "Arqueria de los Nuevos Ministerios", Madrid (Spain).

Santiago Calatrava, exhibition at "La Revoca” Art Gallery, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain).

Honorary Member of the Association of Architects of the City of Mexico.

1995

Santiago Calatrava -Exhibition at the Cultural Centre of Belém. Lisbon (Portugal).

Santiago Calatrava -Constructing Movement, exhibition at the Fondazione Angelo Masiere, Venice (Italy).

Honorary Doctorate Degree in Technical Sciences from the University of Salford, England.

Santiago Calatrava -Exhibition at the Museum of Navarre, Pamplona (Spain).

Honorary Doctorate Degree in Sciences from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow).

1996

Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts from the Ministry of Culture. Santiago Calatrava -Exhibition at the Sala de Exposiciones del Archivo Foral, Bilbao (Spain).

Santiago Calatrava: Opere e Progetti (Works and Projects). Exhibition at the Palazzo della Ragione, Padua (Italy).

1998

Member of "Les Arts et Lettres", París.

1999

Honorary Doctorate Degree in Civil Engineering from the Universitá degli stagi di Cassino (Italy).

Honorary Doctorate Degree in Technology from Lund University (Sweden).

Príncipe de Asturias Prize for Art.

Honorary Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid).

Foreign Member of the Swiss Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Works, Designs, and Competitions

1979

Acletta Bridge. Disentis. Switzerland.

IBA Squash Complex. Berlin. Germany. Design.

1979-1980

Water sculpture. Rämistrasse. Zurich. Switzerland. Built for the 125th anniversary of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).

1981

Entrance of the Zuspa Exhibition Centre. Zurich. Switzerland. Design.

1982

Letten motorway bridge. Zurich. Switzerland. Competition.

Industria Schwarzhaupt. Dielsdorf. Switzerland. Building for offices, production, and storage. Design. First prize.

Bridge over the Rhine. Diepoldsau. Switzerland. Competition. Second prize.

1983

Kasernenplatz pedestrian bridge. Lucerne. Switzerland.

1983-1985

Jakem Warehouse. Münchwilen. Switzerland. Industrie Breitenloo warehouse.

Ernstings Warehouse. Coesfeld-Lette. Germany. Façade for a new distribution centre for Ernstings Mini-landen Gmb. Competition. First prize.

Postal Facility for PTT (Post, Telegraph and Telecommunications). Lucerne. Switzerland. Roof for post office.

St. Fiden bus shelter. St. Gallen. Switzerland. Waiting area for public transport.

1983-1988

Wohlen Institute. Wohlen. Switzerland. Four roofs for school.

1983-1989

Lucerne Station Square. Lucerne. Switzerland. Arcade and cover for the Swiss Federal Railways station hall.

1983-1990

Stadelhofen Railway Station. Zurich. Switzerland. Expansion of the Railway Station. Competition. First prize.

1984

De Sede. Zurich. Switzerland. Mobile exhibition hall.

1984-1986

Dobi Building. Surh. Switzerland. Office building made with a hexagonal structure for Dobi Inter AG.

1984-1988

Bärenmatte Community Centre. Surh. Switzerland. Roof for multi-purpose hall and music pavilion.

1985

Caballeros pedestrian bridge. Lerida. Spain. Competition.

Lucerne bus station terminal. Lucerne. Switzerland. Station square and bus stop roof. Competition. First phase: first prize. Second phase: second prize.

1985-1987

Bac de Roda- Felipe II road and pedestrian bridge. Barcelona. Spain.

1986

Raitenau raised footbridge. Salzburg. Austria. Competition.

Concert Hall for the St. Gallen Music School. St. Gallen. Switzerland.

Avenida Diagonal. Barcelona. Spain. Traffic signalling system.

1986-1987

Tabourettli Theatre. Basel. Switzerland. Remodelling of the medieval building and transformation of the theatre.

1986-1989

9 de Octubre road and pedestrian bridge. Valencia. Spain.

1987

Cascine pedestrian bridge. Florence. Italy. Project for Milan’s 17th triennial.

Basarrate Metro Station. Bilbao. Spain. Competition.

1987

Thiers pedestrian bridge. Thiers. France.

Pontevedra Bridge. Pontevedra. Spain. Competition.

1987-1988

Oudry Mesly pedestrian bridge. Créteil. Paris (France).

1987-1992

Alamillo Bridge and La Cartuja Viaduct. Seville. Spain. Bridge for the ‘92 Expo.

BCE-Place. Toronto. Canada. Galleria roof and Heritage Plaza.

1988

Leimbach pedestrian bridge. Zurich. Switzerland. Competition.

Pré Babel sports centre. Geneva. Switzerland. Covered tennis courts. Design.

Collserola communications tower. Barcelona. Spain. Tibidabo TV tower.

Bauschäenzli Restaurant. Zurich. Switzerland. Covering over a public space on an island for an open-air restaurant.

1988*

Wettstein bridge. Basel. Switzerland. Design.

Gentil bridge. Paris. France.

Leimbach Station. Zurich. Switzerland. Design for Swiss Federal Railways.

1988-1989

Swissbau concrete pavilion. Basel. Switzerland. Basel Exhibition Centre. Floating

concrete platform. Design.

1988-1991

Lusitania Bridge. Mérida. Spain.

1988-1998

Emergency services centre. St. Gallen. Switzerland.

1989

Wooden pedestrian bridge over the Reuss. Flüelen-Seedorf, Lucerne. Switzerland. Competition. Second prize.

Miraflores Bridge. Cordoba. Spain. Bridge over the river Guadalquivir. Design

Gran Vía Bridge. Barcelona. Spain. Design.

School of Law. University of Zurich. Switzerland.

1989*

La Lune Port. Bordeaux. France. Swing bridge over the Garonne river. Design.

Bahnhofquai tram stop. Zurich. Switzerland. Design.

Muri old convent. Bern. Switzerland. Structural reinforcement and development of the roof space of a Benedictine convent.

CH-91 Pavilion. Lake Lucerne. Switzerland. Floating concrete pavilion for the 700th Anniversary of the Swiss Confederation Design.

1989-1991

La Devesa pedestrian footbridge. Ripoll. Catalonia. Spain.

1989-1992

Montjuic Tower. Barcelona. Spain. Telecommunications tower.

1989-1994

Train station at the Lyon Satolas Airport. Lyon. France. Competition. First prize.

1989-1995

Port of Ondarroa Bridge. Bilbao. Spain. Access to the sea port.

1989-1996

Buchen Housing State. Würenlingen. Switzerland. Rows of single-family houses.

Bohl bus stop and tram stop. St. Gallen. Switzerland.

1990

Spitalfields Market. London. England. Design.

Bridge in East London. London. England. Bridge over the river Thames. Raised motorway. Design.

1990*

Bridge. Corsica. France. New bridge over the old one. Competition.

Urbitarte pedestrian bridge. Bilbao. Spain.

Theatre at the Belluard Fortress. Fribourg. Switzerland. Design.

1990-1999

Bilbao Airport. Bilbao. Spain. New airport terminal.

1991*

Medoc bridge. Bordeaux. France. Swing bridge over the Garonne river. Competition.

Auditorio and Congress Hall. Tenerife. Canary Islands. Spain. Design.

Telecommunications tower. Valencia. Spain. Competition. First prize.

Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. New York. USA. Competition. First prize.

Spandau station Berlin. Germany. Competition. First prize.

1991*

Grande bridge. Lille. France. Design. Motorway above the railway tracks.

Klosterstrasse Railway Viaduct. Berlin. Germany. Design.

Football stadium. Calabria. Italy. Design.

Salou Football Stadium. Tarragona. Spain. Design.

1991-1992

Kuwait Pavilion. Seville. Spain. Pavilion for the ‘92 Expo.

1991-1995

Restauration of the Overbaum bridge. Berlin. Germany.

1991-1996

Alameda Metro station and bridge. Valencia. Spain. Competition. First prize.

Kronprinzen Bridge. Berlin. Germany. Three track bridge over the river Spree. Competition. First prize.

1992

Solferino pedestrian bridge over the river Seine. Paris. France. Design.

Serrería bridge. Valencia. Spain.

Bridge over the river Serpis. Alcoy. Valencia. Design.

Lake bridge. Lucerne. Switzerland. Competition.

Jahn Olympic Sports Complex. Berlin. Germany. Design.

Sectional tube station. London. England. Design.

Renovation of the Reichstag Parliament building. Berlin. Germany. Design.

1992-1993

Shadow machine. New York. USA. Museum of Modern Art.

1992-1996

Tenerife exhibition centre. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Canary Islands. Spain. Exhibition hall.

Plaza de España. Alcoy. Spain. Community hall.

1993

Bridge/viaduct of the Ile Falcon motorway. Sierre. Switzerland.

1993

Öresund Bridge. Motorway and railway bridge as part of the connection which crosses the Öresund (sound)

between the North Sea and Baltic Sea to connect Copenhagen to Malmö, Sweden.

Granadilla bridge. Tenerife. Spain. Design.

Hospital bridge. Murcia. Spain. Triple bridge over the river Segura.

Telecommunications tower. Alicante. Spain. Design.

Herne Hill Velodrome. London. England.

1993-1995

Trinity pedestrian footbridge. Salford/Manchester. England.

1993-1996

Bilbao Airport control tower. Bilbao. Spain.

1993-1998

Oriente Railway Station. Lisbon. Portugal. Railway station and bus terminal for the ‘98 Expo.

1994

Alcoy Bridge. Alcoy. Spain. Design.

St. Paul’s Bridge. London. England. Pedestrian footbridge over the river Thames.

Michelangelo convention centre and exhibition hall. Fiuggi. Italy. Design.

QuayPoint pedestrian footbridge. Bristol. England. Design.

1994-

Campo Volantín pedestrian footbridge. Bilbao. Spain.

1994-1998*

Jorge Manrique footbridge. Murcia. Spain. Pedestrian footbridge over the river Segura.

1994-2001

Milwaukee Art Museum. Wisconsin. USA.

1995

Embankment Renaissance Footbridge. Bedford. England. Design.

Sundsvall Bridge. Sundsvall. Switzerland. Competition.

SouthPoint Pavilion. New York. USA. Design.

Football stadium. Marseilles. France. Conversion of the existing velodrome for the 1998 football World Cup. Design.

Roof over the main train station in Zurich. Zurich. Switzerland. Design.

KL Linear City. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. Design.

Bilbao Football Stadium. Bilbao. Spain. Design.

New Olympic Stadium in Stockholm. Stockholm. Sweden. Design.

Church of the Year 2000. Rome. Italy. Design.

Los Angeles Cathedral Square. Los Angeles. USA. Design.

British tower. London. England. Design.

1995-2002

Ciutat de les Arts i de les Ciències (City of Arts and Sciences). Valencia. Spain. Palau de les Arts, l´Hemisféric, l´Umbracle,

Museu de les Ciències i l´Oceanogràfic. Cultural Area and Museum. Competition. First prize.

1996

Poole Harbour Bridge. Portsmouth. England. Competition.

Piazza Roma Bridge. Venice. Italy. Pedestrian footbridge.

1996-2000*

Pont de L'Europe, Orléans Bridge. Orléans. France. Bridge over the river Loire.

1997*

Gate to the Swiss Service Area. Geneva. Switzerland. Competition. Motorway.

Barajas Airport. Madrid. Spain. Design. Terminal 2.

1997-1999

Pfalzkeller Emergency Service Centre and Gallery. St. Gallen. Switzerland.

1997-2000

Liège Bridge. Liège. Belgium. Pedestrian footbridge for the Direction Générale des Autoroutes et Routes.

1997-2002

Station for high-speed trains (TGV). Liège Belgium. Competition.

1998

Pennsylvania Train Station. New York. USA. Design.

1998- *

Airport bridge in the centre of Toronto. Toronto. Ontario. Canada. Design.

Bridge over the river Trinity. Dallas. USA.

Liège office building. Liège Belgium. Design.

1998-2000*

Petaca-Tikva pedestrian footbridge. Tel Aviv. Israel.

Ysios Cellars and vineyard. San Sebastián. Spain.

1999

Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington DC. USA.

Bridges over the Hoofdvaart Canal. Haarlemmermeer. Netherlands. Three bridges.

Barcelos Bridge. Barcelos. Portugal.

Wildbachstrasse office building. Zurich. Switzerland. Design.

Apartment building. Malmö. Sweden.

MSOE Health Centre. Milwaukee. USA. Design.

1999-2000

Puerto Madero pedestrian footbridge. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

1999-2001

Turtle Bay Sundial pedestrian footbridge. Redding. California. USA.

Black Hall Place Bridge. Dublin. Ireland.

1999-2002

Macken Street Bridge. Dublin. Ireland.

2000

Sculptural landmark Hito Cruz y Luz. Monterrey. Nuevo Leon. Mexico.

Oakland Cathedral. California. USA. Design.

Buenavista and Jovellanos Conference centre. Oviedo. Spain. Competition.

University campus building. Maastricht. Netherlands. Design.