Santiago Calatrava is just amazing. I didn't realize that he was responsible for the Allen Lambert Galleria at BCE place in Toronto but I do now. His designs are both organic and natural looking because of their immediate references to nature (the BCE ceiling reminds me of palm trees) but they also seem to create a landscape fit for aliens. Looking at his designs one gets the feeling this is not for planet Earth. They are reminscent of Gehry's Bilbao and Disney designs but I think they, at least on surface, take a more radical departure from the norm. Two residential projects are note worthy: 1. The Turning Torso in Malmo & 2. A yet to be built residential highrise in New York City are both very bold.
*applause
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