Creatures from the Mind of the Engineer: The Architecture of Santiago Calatrava

This Book is in Good Condition. The Dust Jacket has Crinkling to the Rear Cover (due to the Paper the Dust Jacket is made of), a Small Crease to the Rear Flap, and some Edgewear, including Two 1" long Tears at the Head of the Spine and several Very Small, 1/4" long or smaller Tears, but the Dust Jacket has No Stains or Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have Small Bumping to the Edges, particularly at the Head of the Spine, which has caused a Couple of Very Small, 1/4" long Surface Tears and Crinkling but No Stains or Other Major Damage. The Binding is Strong and Intact. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining with the Exception of a Former Owner's name on the Front End Page and with No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Any Major Damage.

Book Description:

Creatures from the Mind of the Engineer: The Architecture of Santiago Calatrava by Robert Harbison with photographs by Paolo Rosselli, published by Verlag für Architektur/Architectural Publishers, Artemis Verlags AG in 1992. This Book is a Hardcover with Dust Jacket measuring 9.375" x 11" with 68 pages. In the past ten years, Santiago Calatrava has built a remarkable series of roofs, canopies, stations, and bridges. He possesses the rare ability to make structure expressive and thus to turn engineering into architecture. Through carefully matched pictures and text, this book aims to probe these exciting works and reveal their essential meaning. Much has already been written about the organic inspiration of these imposing constructions of steel and concrete, materials which among the public-at-large are sometimes regarded as anti-organic, even "dead." But Calatrava's works are unique in the animation they impart to modern materials. Rosselli and Harbison's book goes to the heart of this paradox, and for anyone interested in creative meetings of art and technology, it will be an essential text. Reduced to the simplest terms, the union between art and science distinguishes architecture from all other human acts. Calatrava is so important because he brings the two together at full strength. This book illuminates that meeting unforgettably.