Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the Lyon TVG Station was completed in 1994 as part of the high speed TGV network separate to the original French Railway. I was lucky to have travelled through the Lyon Station in a backpacking trip. The building was very monumental and created an atmosphere of dignity more common in Cathedrals. The commonality of the materials and the grandeur of the final product made an impression on me, illustrating the power of architecture to create and reform. It also redefined the value of architectural design for me, with its understated raw concrete surfaces (similar to Tadao Ando) and the simple yet biolistic form; showing that architecture does not need to be covered in titanium like Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Gilbao or host elaborate extra-structural decorations like Antonio Gaudi's Nativity Facade to be of distinction.
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