It has proven transformational for the local building design landscape. It’s also a defining work of its world-renowned Spanish architect. And in the years since its completion, the Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum – so synonymous with the man who designed it that most locals to this day simply refer to it as “the Calatrava” – has, arguably, become the physical symbol of Milwaukee. In an exclusive interview, Santiago Calatrava reflected on his time in Milwaukee.