Bilbao Guggenheim Spain
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When you mention Bilbao, most people think immediately of the Guggenheim Museum designed by Canadian-born architect Frank Gehry. It is quite awe-inspiring. Daring. Almost architecturally impossible with its supple metal curves gleaming gold, copper, silver, depending on how the light strokes its surfaces. And, indeed, this building was what really lifted Bilbao out of its bleak industrial slump of the 1990s.
When you mention Bilbao, most people think immediately of the Guggenheim Museum designed by Canadian-born architect Frank Gehry. It is quite awe-inspiring. Daring. Almost architecturally impossible with its supple metal curves gleaming gold, copper, silver, depending on how the light strokes its surfaces. And, indeed, this building was what really lifted Bilbao out of its bleak industrial slump of the 1990s. The river dividing the city into two was cleaned up, multiple bridges constructed to connect citizens from both zones, and walkways, jogging and walking paths created between trees, across parks, and past benches and statues.
Today the city is a focal point for art, design and avant-garde architecture … billowing glass, faceted mirror-reflecting angles and funky building trims in hot colours. Jeff Koons has two massive sculptures outside the Guggenheim; Andy Warhol’s “150 Multicolored Marilyns” hang inside. But don’t discount Bilbao’s historical face; the remains of 14th-century façades elbow themselves confidently into the spaces between modern apartments and 21st century office buildings.
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