Santiago Calatrava

Critic's notebook: Skyscrapers remain powerful symbols, post 9/11

2011-09-04 00:00:00

Any skyscraper is a contradiction. The tall tower is architecture's most famous building type and also the one most clearly at odds with the profession's roots. Fundamentally, architecture is shelter, a concession that we're afraid to face the elements...

Architecture review: National September 11 Memorial

2011-08-12 00:00:00

If you were expecting the National September 11 Memorial to turn out to be a visionary or uncompromising monument to human tragedy and architectural destruction, you probably haven't been paying sustained attention to the process that created it. And...

Pier-hopping wooden coaster debuting at Morey's Piers in 2013

2011-11-15 15:22:00

A $12-million pier-spanning wooden roller coaster that will dive beneath the boardwalk and race across a cantilevered bridge before navigating a series of high-speed twists and turns is expected to open in 2013 at Morey's Piers seaside amusement park on...

Sneak peek: Kenneth Cobonpue's Ferris chair

2011-08-19 16:34:12

Monster Mash: 'Rent'-heads rejoice; music man Anthony Hopkins; Michael Maltzan's big moment

2011-02-25 16:32:58

Los Angeles Modern Auctions sees fierce bidding on designs by Ettore Sottsass, Mathias Goeritz, others

2011-03-08 21:34:14

10 must-see places that are less than a decade old

2010-10-10 00:00:00

They're a disparate lot — museums, hotels, an observation deck, a sculpture park and a sundial-shaped bridge — but these recent structures, none more than 10 years old, are redefining the West. Before we bow to them, though, let's admit that...

Esa-Pekka Salonen and his Violin Concerto take a new step at New York City Ballet

2010-06-23 21:33:08

Monster Mash: Washington National Opera exploring merger; Detroit Symphony talks break down

2010-07-30 16:33:05

Critic's Notebook: The void as muse

2010-02-16 21:32:50

The ciudad, in a new light

2005-12-04 00:00:00

IT wasn't over until the fat lady melted. And melt she did, going up in flames as a barrage of fireworks illuminated the midnight sky and the crowd cheered. The heat stung my face, and ashes rained down as the flames consumed her. She was part of a...

Hear Harley's vroom in Milwaukee

2008-07-06 00:00:00

Milwaukee Beer. If that's your first thought after hearing the word "Milwaukee," you haven't been here lately. In the last decade, the country's 25th largest city has gone through such a massive revitalization that "cosmopolitan" is a more apt...

Looking through the front of the museum at a figure inside silhoutted by the light from the glass reception hall with reflections of the Milwaukee skyline on the glass entry.

2010-09-27 12:57:22

Valencia, Spain Why they shouldn't: Two reasons: paella and Fiesta de las Fallas, one of which you can get any time and the other of which you get only in the spring. Valencia doesn't have a Sagrada Familia as does Barcelona, 200 miles distant, or a Prado as does Madrid, also 200 miles away.

2009-04-18 17:44:46

A night view of the completed fourth bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice , Italy. The opening ceremony for the Ponti di Calatrava, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava , was canceled by the municipality due to remaining modifications. The bridge was originally due to be inaugurated on

2008-09-02 09:11:37