#bilbao effect

[sokarieu]

Guggenheim Museum Unfolding its interconnecting shapes of glass and titanium, this building designed by Frank Gehry has been described by some, as one of the world's most spectacular buildings in the style of Deconstructivism. — in Bilbao, Spain.

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[herbariumofinteriorskarenpisoni]

The Bilbao effect

If you build it, will they come?

[rafagomo]

A Response to Marc Kushner's 'A New Golden Age of Architecture'

[Originally published on medium.com]

Dear Marc Kushner,

Like yourself, I also want people to love architecture. But unlike yourself, Idon’t think that we are on the verge of “a new golden age of architecture.” Not because “98% of everything that is designed and built today is pure shit”, but because we just had a golden age of architecture — one that is now waning.

Yes, I’m referring to the same…

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[nickkahler]

The Bilbao effect has given rise to the Bilbao fallacy: the tendency, among politicians, boosters, and investors, to claim that a single expensive building will somehow alter a city’s identity, even though such transformations are more the exception than the rule.

Simon Lewsen, "What Good Can a Gehry Do?" 2014

[fdrosas]

The Guggenheim Bilbao (T) may have been completed first, but Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall (B) years before.

[fdrosas]

"Bilbao Effect" or "Bilbao Bug"?