1997 · Bilbao, Spain

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Frank Gehry

A river-side bloom of titanium curves that singlehandedly relaunched a post-industrial city.

• Designed with CATIA aerospace software — first major use in architecture
• 33,000 titanium scales reflect the Nervión river light
• "Bilbao effect": city attendance jumped from <100k to >1M visitors/year