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Reflecting on Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
Over a decade after exploding onto the architecture scene, Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbaohailed by architect Phillip Johnson as the "greatest building of our time"—must still be seen to be believed. This curvaceous masterpiece is more sculpture than building. Its organic lines and shiny, scaly texture suggest an ancient aquatic creature that could awaken at any moment and slither right off into the nearby Nervion River. Take in the shimmering mammoth at night with a stroll over Santiago Calatrava's nearby footbridge on your way to a tapas-hopping adventure in Bilbao's old quarter.
Architect: Frank Gehry; Completed: 1997
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