Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
- Architect
- Frank Gehry / Gehry Partners
- Place
- Bilbao, Spain
- Completed / opened
- 1997
- Type
- Museum
- Completed
- 1997
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Curved metal-clad forms and more regular gallery volumes meet beside the river, giving the museum several different relationships with the city.
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AD Classics: The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao / Gehry Partners - Exterior Photography
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Courtesy of Gehry Partners
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Published drawings from the original project account. Select a drawing to zoom and inspect it; dimensions and construction information remain the responsibility of its source.
Research notes
Curved metal-clad forms and more regular gallery volumes meet beside the river, giving the museum several different relationships with the city.
Compare the changing reflections of the titanium exterior with the organisation of the galleries around the atrium. The photographs show a building that offers markedly different outlines from different approaches.
What the sources do not establish
- Opened in October 1997. The original source account contains photographs from multiple contributors.
- Photographs document the published source account; later alterations are not a claim about the original completion date.
Sources & evidence
- ArchDaily - published project and gallery
Project identity, architecture and credited photographs
- Original date reference
Opened in October 1997. The original source account contains photographs from multiple contributors.
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