The Orient Station was commissioned in the short term to serve the needs of World Expo 98 and in the long term to provide a main transport terminal for the east side of Lisboa as a future development of the city is planned for this side of the
Bodegas y Bebidas, one of the largest groups in the Rioja Region, commissioned Calatrava to create a distinctive piece of architecture in the rocky hills of the Sierra in northern Spain, for the promotion of one of their most exclusive products. The building compares favourably with local wineries designed by internationally renowned architects such as Rafel Moneo and Frank Gehry. The scheme for this low-industry facility responded to the need to accommodate basic operations of wine production: to make, store, and sell wine.
Until now, the project is still under construction, oops no, question: Will it be build? As there still a lot of buzz and fuzz around. But it isn’t any of our concern, except we will exploit the architecture, not its dollar, though Calatrava said in an interview in Fortune magazine that he continued to have “hope” for the project. Yeah, nothing wrong with him.