Monday, August 14th, 2006: Bilbao

One of our favorites, Santiago Calatrava, designed a bridge across the river in Bilbao.

Bilbao is a post-industrial town trying to make a cultural come-back. They've chosen a good team too: Calatrava, Frank Gehry, and Sir Norman Foster have all made significant contributions here lately.

Calatrava won the AIA gold medal last year. He is a great role-model, studying engineering, then architecture.