Santiago Calatrava Net Worth $110 Million

What is Santiago Calatrava’s net worth?

Santiago Calatrava is a Spanish architect, sculptor, and painter who has a net worth of $110 million. He is widely known for his bridges supported by single-leaning pylons.

He was born on July 28, 1951, in Valencia, Spain, as Santiago Calatrava Valls.

In 1974, Calatrava graduated from the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

In 1981, Santiago founded his own architecture and engineering firm in Zürich.

From 1984 to 1987, Calatrava built his first bridge, the Bac de Roda Bridge, in Barcelona.

In 1988, Calatrava was the recipient of the City of Barcelona Prize for Plastic Arts.

In 1992, Santiago finished the Montjuïc Communications Tower in Barcelona.

In 2005, he was awarded the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects.

In 2012, the famous architect received an AIA commemorative gold medallion.

In 2013, he received an honorary doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

In August 2019, Calatrava was fined by the Court of Accounts of Venice to pay 78k euros ($91k)  for negligence during the design of the Ponte della Costituzione over the Grand Canal in Venice. It links the train station to Piazzale Roma.

The bridge – measuring 94 meters long – cost €11.6 million instead of the €7 million initially planned.

Calatrava said the extra costs were linked to improvements to the canal-side areas next to the bridge.

World Trade Center Transportation Hub

He designed the WTC Transportation Hub in NYC at the rebuilt World Trade Center. The Oculus, the main station house of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, resembles a “bird flying from the hands of a child.”

”I am responsible for the project, including a big part of the engineering,” Calatrava told Bloomberg. He added: ”I do the engineering work for all of my stations.”

At a cost of $4 billion in public money, The Transportation Hub is one of the world’s most expensive train stations. It was originally budgeted at $2 billion. 

”I had previously built several railway facilities throughout Europe, so I had strong background in the subject,” the Spanish architect said in another interview. 

Projects

Calatrava’s other projects include:

• Museu do Amanhã in Rio de Janeiro;
• City of Arts and Sciences and Opera House in Valencia;
• Liège-Guillemins railway station in Liège;
• Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas;
• Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee;
• Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife;
• Centro Internacional de Ferias y Congresos de Tenerife;
• Turning Torso tower in Malmö;
• Mimico Creek Bridge in Toronto;
• Olympic Sports Complex of Athens;
• Puente del Hospital in Murcia;
• Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV Station;
• Stadelhofen Railway Station in Zürich;
• Jakem Steel Warehouse in Munchwilen.

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in NYC was completed in 2022.

Wife

Santiago Calatrava is married to Robertina Calatrava.

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Quotes

”You start a project as a young person and then at the end, you are another person.”

”The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer.”

”I am always searching for more light and space.”

”I deeply consider architecture as an art-the most abstract of all of them.”

Trivia

Calatrava is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council.

He is influenced by the work of Swiss civil engineer Robert Maillart.

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Net Worth 2024

So, how much is Santiago Calatrava worth? Calatrava earned most of his wealth from designing multiple railway stations and bridges. For instance, Calatrava was paid $127 million for his work to design the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia and 80 million dollars for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. Therefore, Santiago Calatrava has an estimated net worth of $110 million, making him one of the richest architects in the world.

In 2009, Calatrava bought a 5,500 square foot estate in Warren, Connecticut for $5.5 million.

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