{"257251":{"#nid":"257251","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Santiago Calatrava: a special guest lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESantiago Calatrava will be giving a guest lecture Friday, December 13 at 2 p.m. in the LeCraw Auditorium at the Scheller College of Business. The lecture is free and open to the public, seating is first-come, first-served. Parking is available in the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center parking garage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecognized as one of the world\u2019s preeminent and most innovative architects, Santiago Calatrava was trained as a sculptor, engineer, and architect. He has transformed cities all over the world with his highly recognizable, soaring public structures. His work transcends the traditional boundaries between art, architecture, and engineering, and his projects have won critical acclaim internationally.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Calatrava has completed more than 80 projects, including the Athens Olympic Stadium; train stations in Zurich, Paris, Lisbon, Reggio Emilia, Italy, and many other cities; bridges in Venice, Bilbao, and Calgary; and the City of Arts and Sciences, which transformed his hometown of Valencia, Spain, into a prime tourist destination.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; In the United States, he is currently working on the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York; the Sundial Bridge in Redding, California; the bridges over the Trinity River in Dallas; and the first building for Florida Polytechnic University\u2019s new campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Calatrava\u2019s work has been shown at many exhibitions, including a retrospective at the RIBA London, and the exhibition \u201cStructure and Expression\u201d at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Most recently, his \u201cThe Quest for Movement\u201d was exhibited at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Among the numerous prizes and awards Calatrava has received from renowned institutions and organizations are the UIA Auguste Perret Prize, the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Royal College of Art \u201cSir Misha Black Medal,\u201d the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Gold Medal, the Principe de Asturias Art Prize, SEFI\u2019s Leonardo da Vinci Medal, the MIT \u201cEugene McDermott Award in the Arts\u201d for his artistic achievements, the Grande M\u00e9daille d\u2019Or de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie d\u2019Architecture, and the AIA National Medal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Named a \u201cGlobal Leader for Tomorrow\u201d by the World Economic Forum, Calatrava was also named one of the 100 most influential people by Time magazine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Calatrava is a permanent guest lecturer at universities such as the ETH Zurich, MIT School of Architecture and Design, Yale University, Azrieli School of Architecture \u0026amp; Urbanism in Tel Aviv, and Columbia University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInternationally renowned architect, engineer and sculptor Santiago Calatrava will be giving a special guest lecture at Georgia Tech on December 13th.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2013-11-25 16:22:27","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:23:47","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-12-13T13:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-12-13T14:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-12-13T14:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-12-13 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-12-13 19:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-12-13 19:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"258431":{"id":"258431","type":"image","title":"Santiago Calatrava lecture","body":null,"created":"1449243972","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:46:12","changed":"1475894938","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:58","alt":"Santiago Calatrava lecture","file":{"fid":"198284","name":"calatrava3_vert.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/calatrava3_vert_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/calatrava3_vert_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5353538,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/calatrava3_vert_0.jpg?itok=3EBkjm1m"}},"257241":{"id":"257241","type":"image","title":"Santiago Calatrava","body":null,"created":"1449243856","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:44:16","changed":"1475894938","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:58","alt":"Santiago Calatrava","file":{"fid":"198246","name":"calatrava-bw.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/calatrava-bw.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/calatrava-bw.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":862317,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/calatrava-bw.jpg?itok=69qXSpeP"}}},"media_ids":["258431","257241"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5787","name":"architecture and computing"},{"id":"18651","name":"featured"},{"id":"167869","name":"santiago calatravas"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Herrmann\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-0693\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}