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Structure-ID: s0001746
Created on: 08/16/01
Modified on: 03/13/04


Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Completed in: 1997
Status: in use
Location: Bilbao, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
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Structural Type:
Frame structure
Function / usage:
Museum
Next to: Puente de los Príncipes de España (1972)
Near: Padre Arrupe Bridge (2000)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Frank Owen Gehry

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
  Cosentini Associates
  IDOM
Owner Fundacion del Museu Guggenheim Bilbao
Architecture Frank O. Gehry & Associates, Inc.
Structural engineering Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Contractor Urssa
Subcontractor CIFER S.A. steel
Lighting BEGA Gantenbrink-Leuchten KG

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
façade  stone
glass
titanium
building structure  steel
Dimensions
  building area 32 500 m2

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External LinkarchINFORM: Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkBEGA: Das Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao German
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao English
External LinkGuggenheimBilbao Basque Spanish English French
External LinkIABSE: Outstanding Structure Award 2001: Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao English
External LinkWikipédia: Musée Guggenheim (Bilbao) French

Relevant Literature
* Duncan, Ian   The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, in "The Structural Engineer", 21 August 2001, n. 16 v. 70 .
* Eugen, Brühwiler   Ten Years of Structural Engineering International, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11 .

 
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