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dazzling architecture

The Bilbao effect: how Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim started a global craze

December 25, 2019October 3, 2017 by Editorial Team

Opened 20 years ago this month, the glittering titanium museum had a wow factor that cities around the globe were soon clamouring to copy

Categories Art, Design, Holiday Tags architecture, Art and design, Article, Bilbao effect, Bilbao museum, Centre Niemeyer, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Culture, dazzling architecture, Design, Features, Frank Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright, Guggenheim, Jean Nouvel, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Museums, Observer New Review, Ordos museum China, Oscar Niemeyer, Peter Eisenman, Pompidou centre in Metz, Rowan Moore, Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, The New Review, The Observer

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