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The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is one of Frank Gehry’s most celebrated works. Gehry has received the most prestigious architecture prizes, such as the Pritzker, which he was awarded in 1989 or the Praemium Imperiale Award in 1992. His office, Gehry Partners LLP, is currently established in Los Angeles and Gehry continues designing and directing ...
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao was built between October 1993 and October 1997 and the site chosen, on a former wharf with port and industrial use on a curve of the Nervión, represented recovery of the banks of the river for the city, redeveloping them for culture and leisure. Due to the mathematical complexity of Gehry’s design, he decided to ...
Gehry's best-known project to date is the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (1991–97). With this major work, he has gained international renown and a following enjoyed by few architects today. Like many of his other important works-the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art (1990–93) at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, the Nationale ...
May 18, 2022 · The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao was designed by Frank Gehry. When the legendary American architect Philip Johnson visited the Guggenheim shortly after it opened, he described Gehry as "the greatest ...
- Alyn Griffiths
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, province of Biscay, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain, with an exhibition of 250 contemporary works of art. Built alongside the Nervion River, which ...
- Juan Ignacio Vidarte
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- 18 October 1997; 25 years ago
Sep 1, 2013 · Completed in 1997 in Bilbo, Spain. Set on the edge of the Nervión River in Bilbao, Spain, the Guggenheim Museum is a fusion of complex, swirling forms and captivating materiality that...
Bilbao, Spain. Designed by American architect Frank Gehry, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao building represents an extraordinary example of the most groundbreaking architecture of the 20th century. With 24,000 m2, the Museum represents an architectural landmark of audacious configuration and innovating design characterized by its titanium cladding ...
