Calatrava
February 26, 2007
I love the work this artist creates – I am especially fond of the kinetic sculpture in front of the Meadows Museum (SMU Campus).
But he seems to have attracted a great deal of controversy – or maybe it’s just politics.
July 30, 2006 Dallas bridges may be too grand Idea to renew look of skyline hits money snag
By THOMAS KOROSEC
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Dallas Bureau
DALLAS – The cost of remaking Dallas’ skyline with a set of tall, white suspension bridges has become daunting, even for a city with the motto “live large, think big.”
Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the three proposed “signature” bridges would span the Trinity River as the most visible feature of an ambitious plan to redevelop the long-neglected riverfront with lakes, parks, paths, a white-water course, toll road and better flood control. Read the rest of this entry »
at the Centre Pompidou in Paris
September 21, 2006
…how I wish I could see in person. Or rather, I mean *experience* this piece. it’s functional art / it’s interactive art / it’s art