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pects. By contrast, Calatrava's unusually broad formal training (as both architect and engineer)
fosters a design approach incorporating technology, aesthetics and space-making.
Whatever may be said of or about it, Calatrava's approach to design has captured the attention
of architects and engineers and critics alike. In a field where there are so many collaborative rela-
tionships between the professions, Calatrava is almost unique as a lone designer who seems to feel
comfortable in both camps and who has the talents and self-confidence to combine their skills and
sensitivities in his striking and effective designs for civic structures. Even though a large portion
of the designs he is noted for still exist only on paper, in computer-generated images, or in striking
tabletop models, Calatrava has become the turn-of-the-century architect-engineer to watch well into
the new millennium.
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