The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Pais Basque made of glass, titanium, and limestone designed by architect Frank Gehry
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Designed by the North American architect Frank O. Gehry, the Guggenheim Museum built on a 32, 500 square meter site in the center of Bilbao is an amazing construction feat. On one side it runs down to the waterside of the Nervión River, 16 meters below the level of the rest of the city One end is pierced through by the huge Puente de La Salve, one of the main access routes into the city. The building is an extraordinary combination of interconnecting shapes. Orthogonal blocks in limestone contrast with curved forms covered in titanium. Glass curtain walls provide the building with light and transparency Owing to their mathematical complexity, the sinuous stone, glass, and titanium curves were designed on computers. The glass walls were made and installed to protect the works of art from heat and radiation. The half-millimeter thick "fish-scale" titanium panels covering most of the building are guaranteed to last one hundred years. As a whole, Gehry's design creates a spectacular structure like a huge sculpture set against the backdrop of the city. On October 3, 1997, with the building finished and a fortnight of inaugural events began that ended when the Museum opened its doors to the general public on October 19. Less than one year later, it had already received more than 1, 300, 000 visitors.