Industrialisation Modernism and Architecture.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

The Guggenheim is a museum built in a contemporary style, designed by the architect Frank Gehry. This building is very unique and pushes many architectural boundaries, which has made it one of the most famous contemporary structures in the world. It was built in 1997 and is considered to be an important part of architecture history. When designing the building the architect was inspired by the location, which is overlooking the port of the Nervion River. The designs incorporate some natural features, for example; the building " is intended to resemble a ship. Its brilliantly reflective titanium panels resemble fish scales, echoing the other organic life (and, in particular, fish-like) forms that recur commonly in Gehry's designs."
The contours and shapes used to construct this building are out of the norm and require experience and efficient plans to create successfully. Some materials used were; clad in glass, titanium and lime stone.
"Computer simulations of the building's structure made it feasible to build shapes that architects of earlier eras would have found nearly impossible to construct."
Frank Owen Gehry is a prize winning architect who became famous for his unique approach to architecture as he is interested in Deconstructivism designs. He has earned great respect world wide for his buildings and has been labeled by Vanity Fair as "the most important architect of our age"
The Guggenheim was built as an art museum and was intended to re vamp the city of Bilbao. Since its construction in 1997 it has become a worldwide tourist destination and has put the city of Bilbao on the map.

"the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao forever changed the way the world thinks about museums, and it continues to challenge our assumptions about the connections between art, architecture, and collecting".

http://www.guggenheim.org/bilbao
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/gehry/Guggenheim_Museum/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guggenheim_Museum_Bilbao
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2007/oct/08/architecture.bilbao
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/bilbao/guggenheim_museum_bilbao.htm