The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is one of the most important ingredients in the plan to redevelop the city of Bilbao.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by North American architect Frank O. Gehry, is a magnificent example of the most groundbreaking architecture to have come out of the 20th century. The building itself is an innovatively designed architectural landmark that creates a seductive backdrop for the exhibition of contemporary art.
One of the most biggest and beloved puppy in Bilbao, is the one in front of the famous Guggenheim museum. He (or maybe she?) never comes and asks you to pat him on the back, neither makes poo or pi in the plaza. Never scares anyone away by barking or chasing. Instead, eople come close to take a picture of the colorful giant puppy made of flowers.
It is already a piece of art, created by an artist named Jeff Koons, who created the huge tulip at the back terrace of the museum.
The curved glassy structures - or Fosteritos - that announce the inner-city Line 1 stations at street level are as unique to Bilbao as the Art Nouveau Metro entrances are to Paris, their shape...
The Zubizuri (Basque for "white bridge"), also called the Campo Volantin Bridge or Puente del Campo Volantin, is a tied arch footbridge across the Nervion River in Bilbao, linking the Campo Volantin...
The steel and concrete structure, nicknamed La Paloma (the Dove) because of its resemblance to a giant bird about to take flight, is integrated into the hilly green landscape in the Txoriherri Valley...
