Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum for modern and contemporary art by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovial developed and is located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built next to the Nervion river that runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic coast. The Guggenheim is one of several museums of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The museum has permanent and visiting exhibitions of works by Spanish and international artists.

One of the most admired works of contemporary architecture, the building as "one moment in the architectural culture" celebrated, because it "is one of those rare moments in which critics, scholars and the general public were all completely united about something." The museum, the building was completed most often named as one of the most important works since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture survey of architecture experts.

The museum is in glass, titanium-clad and limestone
Thecurves on the building were to appear at random. The architect has been [by whom?] In the words that "the randomness of the curves designed to capture the light" quotes. When it was opened to the public in 1997, it was immediately hailed as one of the world's most spectacular buildings in the style of deconstructionism, although Gehry not be associated with it, that architectural movement. Architect Philip Johnson called it "the greatest building of our time" .

The museum's design and construction serve as an object lesson in Gehry's style and method. Like many other works of Gehry, it has a structure consisting of radical sculptures, organic contours. Located as it is in a port town, it should resemble a ship. His brilliant, reflective titanium panels resemble fish scales, echoing the other organic life (and especially fish-like) forms that recur commonly in Gehry's designs, as well as the river Nervión, which is located on the museum. Also in typical Gehry fashion, the building is clearly a product of the time technology. Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA) and visualizations were used heavily in the design of the structure.

Computer simulations of the building's structure made it possible to find forms that architects of earlier eras would have to build to build almost impossible. While the museum is a spectacular monument from the river, on the road it is quite modest and do not overwhelm its traditional surroundings. The museum was opened as part of a revitalization effort for the city of Bilbao and the Basque country. Almost immediately after its opening, the Guggenheim Bilbao became a popular tourist attraction, drawing visitors from around the world. It was in general [who?] With "putting Bilbao on the map" and credited subsequently inspired other structures of similar design around the world, as the Cerritos Millennium Library in Cerritos, California.

The building was on time and budget, which is rarely built for this type of architecture. In an interview in Harvard Design Magazine Gehry explained how he did it. He first made sure that what he ruled the "organization of the artist" during the construction period to prevent political and economic interests from interfering with the draft. Second, he made sure he had a detailed and realistic cost estimate before proceeding. Thirdly, he used CATIA and control to work closely with the various trades, the costs during construction.

The exhibitions in the museum itself change often, thematic exhibitions, the museum, center, for example, in Chinese or Russian art. The museum's permanent exhibition relates to art of the 20th Century, traditional paintings and sculptures are a minority compared to installations and electronic forms. The highlight of the collection, and the only permanent exhibition, The Matter of Time, designed a number of weathering steel sculptures by Richard Serra and is known in the 430-foot (130 m) Arcelor Gallery (formerly Fish Gallery, but was renamed in 2005 for the steel manufacturer that sponsored the project). The collections tend to highlight avant-garde art of the 20th Century abstraction and nonobjective art.


There is a tram stop 100 meters from the Guggenheim Museum. Line 18 of the bus system also has a close. The museum is located 500 meters north of Moyua Station on the Bilbao Metro.

The building is in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough in the opening sequence where Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan), a case of British money from a corrupt Swiss banker steals (Patrick Malahide played) to see associated with the villain Renard terrorist network .

The boss of S. Shankar for the song style of music composer AR together: The building was in the mega-budget film Rajinikanth, Sivaji presented Rahman. The song sequence, choreographed by Prabhu Deva was shot for 16 days.
The building was presented on a poster reading Arthur and his friends from Frank Gehry in the television series that was named after Arthur presented. The poster had Gehry signature on it.
Mariah Carey's music video "Sweet Heart" directed by Hype Williams shows singer Dupri and Carey in different places at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao .
The building is in the computer game SimCity 4 presented as a buildable landmark.