I am an engineer, not just an architect, so I've always been motivated by technique or technology. As soon as technology moves… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I just want to build the best buildings. It's not about me, it's about the buildings, creating a space where society can… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
What I do is the opposite of building walls. I build bridges. A bridge is something that connects instead of separating. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
As an architect, you do not have control of who will build the building and who will have the capability. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I don't see any difference between architecture and engineering. It's the same profession. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
My private work is touched by this destiny of understanding that architecture and engineering have a social character and can serve the… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The bones of my architecture are very much related to the structure, to the physical fact of how a building can stand… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The difference between architecture and engineering comes in only with the creation of schools. It's a bureaucratic distinction. The result of both… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I think it is important to build for people, and to deliver this message of hope: through good construction and a certain… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I love the construction process and it is always important because we try to experiment and do something new, so the builders… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
A first building is like a first novel, it is always autobiographical. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
You could say that I had become possessed, in the classical sense, by the art of the great architects of the past.… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I think it is important to be present in the places where you are working. It is not only about doing a… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
When I was in architecture school, I became curious about the exact mathematics, physics, and construction of the great structures I had… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The bones of my architecture are very much related to the structure, to the physical fact of how a building can stand up; it's… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is also the… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I remember, many years ago, coming over the Brooklyn Bridge in the night and seeing the skyline of Manhattan, with the Twin Towers. This… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I've never been interested in pure movement or pure stability, but in the unstable. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The concept of an "architect" is one of the oldest professions in the world. Whereas, some professions, such as a "lawyer", have their roots… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
There is a change in the view about how condominiums are designed. People used to make prototype apartments and reproduce these boxes hundreds and… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
Bridges represent archetypal problems. They are artifacts that bring you across or around an obstacle. So they have an unbelievable force. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I always considered the role of teaching to be very noble and relevant. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
When I work on sculpture, I don't have to worry about function. When I work on a piece of architecture, I must think about… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
Many of the architects I admire have given the best of themselves as they mature. I'm hoping to do the same. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
