The Facade of the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Seen from the Pedestrian Square in Front

The photograph shows the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum in its entirety, seen from the large pedestrian square surrounding it. The building, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry and inaugurated in 1997, features the characteristic organic forms clad in titanium sheets that reflect sunlight creating iridescent effects. A cyclist crosses the square, giving scale to the imposing structure. Visitors stroll admiring the deconstructivist architecture that made the museum a world icon. The Guggenheim Bilbao triggered the so-called Bilbao effect, becoming a model of urban regeneration through architecture.

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