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Santiago Calatrava

1951 - Today

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Santiago Calatrava Valls (born 28 July 1951) is a Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums, and museums, whose sculptural forms often resemble living organisms. His best-known works include the Olympic Sports Complex of Athens, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Turning Torso tower in Malmö, Sweden, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City, the Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas, Texas, and his largest project, the City of Arts and Sciences and Opera House in his birthplace, Valencia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Santiago Calatrava has received more than 2,012,112 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Santiago Calatrava is the 27th most popular architect (up from 32nd in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 110th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Architect.

Santiago Calatrava is most famous for his design of the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Milwaukee Central Library, and the Turning Torso Tower in Malmö, Sweden.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Santiago Calatrava ranks 27 out of 518. Before him are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Apollodorus of Damascus, Otto Wagner, Renzo Piano, Frank Gehry, and Victor Horta. After him are Henry van de Velde, André Le Nôtre, Adolf Loos, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Peter Behrens, and Carlo Maderno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Santiago Calatrava ranks 6. Before him are Robin Williams, Shehbaz Sharif, Ilona Staller, Louis van Gaal, and Sting. After him are Ayman al-Zawahiri, Phil Collins, Anatoly Karpov, Mohamed Morsi, Stellan Skarsgård, and John Deacon.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Santiago Calatrava ranks 83 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Gris (1887), Roderic (688), Antonio Banderas (1960), Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), and Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040). After him are Vicente del Bosque (1950), Ramón Mercader (1913), Al-Zahrawi (936), Magnus Maximus (335), Isaac Albéniz (1860), and Pablo Casals (1876).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Spain

Among architects born in Spain, Santiago Calatrava ranks 2. Before him are Antoni Gaudí (1852). After him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850), Ricardo Bofill (1939), Rafael Moneo (1937), Alonzo Cano (1601), Juan de Herrera (1530), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), Félix Candela (1910), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), and Josep Maria Jujol (1879).

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