Gare do Oriente (Lisbon Orient Station) at Parque das Nacoes (Park of Nations), Lisbon, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.

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Gare do Oriente


Designed by acclaimed Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the space-age Gare do Oriente is an extraordinary vaulted structure, with slender columns fanning out into a concertina roof to create a kind of geometric crystalline forest.