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Architecture and Design
Audie Santos
1/29/13
Jan. 29th, 2013
Documentary:Guggenheim Mueseum, Bilbao
In today's documentary we observed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. The architects who had designed this building were Frank Gehry, Arata Isozaki, and Coop Himmelb. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation ideal location for the build was near Bilbao's ports, due to it's income to fund the project. The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao has a very unique design. Because of no corner of this museum is uniform, it's irregular shape makes it stick out in the urban setting. Also the fact that it is next to 3 major economic hubs makes it even more ideal for profit.
| The Bilbao Guggenheim Museum in Spain. This picture most resembles a fish. |
http://www.archinoah.com/architectural_photography/exhibition_architecture_/_museums/frank_o_gehry/kriens/das_guggenheimmuseum_bilbao-picture_details-575.html
The building is supposed to resemble a cut fish. An intentional feature added by one of the architects designing the building. The building was done with construction in 1997 and opened in the same year. The museum is very round and seems very "half-baked" but once you enter the main atrium of the building you enter a different world. Everything is very well placed. The museum boasts a wide variety of exhibits from artists from all over the globe.
Once in the main atrium there are a variety of different rooms. Each room has its own accord, style, and size and not to mention exhibit. The whole building is made up of 32,500 feet of stone, glass, and titanium.
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| A view of the ceiling |
http://artmuseumsaroundtheworld.com/guggenheim-museum-bilbao-spain/
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