A Star Architect Leaves Some Clients Fuming

Mr. Calatrava was paid approximately 94 million euros (about $127 million) for his work. How could that be, Mr. Blanco asks, when the opera house included 150 seats with obstructed views? Or when the science museum was initially built without fire escapes or elevators for the disabled? Suzanne Daley visits Valencia, Spain a city that embraced Santiago Calatrava and is home to the huge (86 acres) City of Arts and Sciences, complex. Since completion of the project, costly oversights and repairs have engendered complaints and criticism of architect and his, some say overly formal and extravagant designs. Suzanne also reviews a number of other projects by Calatrava (PATH Station, the Ponte della Costituzione in Venice and his winery for Domecq) which have run into similar issues.