ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sat, 9 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/475322/what-the-guggenheim-should-consider-before-building-in-helsinki Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Laura Iloniemi https://www.archdaily.com/475322/what-the-guggenheim-should-consider-before-building-in-helsinki The Guggenheim is planning a new museum in Helsinki. The site is in the heart of the city, next door to the late 19th Century market hall and open-air market place, two minutes from Helsinki Cathedral. The project, therefore, has great landmark potential for the city. And many Finns are lured by this very potential, wanting to increase tourism and put their capital city more evidently on the world map. There has also been discussion in the country’s main newspaper Helsingin Sanomat about how Finns should welcome a more joyous and fun architecture.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/422470/ad-classics-the-guggenheim-museum-bilbao-frank-gehry Sun, 01 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000 Brian Pagnotta https://www.archdaily.com/422470/ad-classics-the-guggenheim-museum-bilbao-frank-gehry Set on the edge of the Nervión River in Bilbao‭, ‬Spain, the Guggenheim Museum is a fusion of complex‭, ‬swirling forms and captivating materiality that responds to an intricate program and an industrial urban context‭. ‬With over a hundred exhibitions and more than ten million visitors to its recognition‭, ‬Frank Gehry‮’‬s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao not only changed the way that architects and people think about museums, but also boosted Bilbao's economy with its astounding success‭.‭ ‬In fact‭, ‬the phenomenon of a city‮’‬s transformation following the construction of a significant piece of architecture is now referred to as the‭ ‬‮“‬Bilbao Effect‭.‬‮”‬‭ ‬Twenty years on, the Museum continues to challenge assumptions about the connections between art and architecture‭ today.

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