Essays Tagged: "Bilbao"

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao - Research assignment

Name Guggenheim Museum BilbaoArchitect Frank O.GehryDate Groundbreaking: 22nd October 1993 Public Open ... ams which reach over two floors. The titanium cladding and ships prows on the museum reflect Bilbao's industrial era, when Bilbao's ports were used for shipbuilding. in the mid 1980's, many of ... onstruction budget.Chapter 5 - Bibliography1. Van Bruggen, Coosje, Frank O.Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 19972. Curtis, William J. R., Modern Architecture Sinc ...

(2 pages) 112 2 4.5 Aug/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

TITLE: Interpretation of an Architect: Frank Gehry

e early LA houses. It then led to "the full artistic expression of his current phase which includes Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Gehry's method has been widely controversial which is under ... h bold statements. His experimentation with unusual materials has probably been most exposed in the Bilbao Guggenheim, with its surging, titanium clad masses transforming a small Spanish town into an ...

(31 pages) 102 0 4.8 May/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

Humanities Today - Define humanities and give current examples

architectural methodologies. Architects such as Frank Gehry, who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain used computer modeling to develop its angular, anthropomorphic exterior. Made mostly o ... the industrial heritage of the city's past. The museum was an international success and helped put Bilbao on the world's cultural map.Philosophy -A notable philosophy of the 21st century is that of t ...

(5 pages) 411 0 4.1 Jun/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Frank Gehry

isney Concert Hall in LA, the Vontz Center for Molecular Study in Cincinnati, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao Spain, the EMP (Experience Music Project) in Seattle, and is currently working on a ... hapes and colours seem to come from a dream or fantasy brought into reality. Even the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain resembles a vision from a heat wave in the desert. These are all examples of the child ...

(8 pages) 41 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Art Essays

Spanish Terrorism

s seriously injured when a bomb exploded in his car as he drove to work in the town of Sestao, near Bilbao, yesterday.Eduardo Madina, 27, who worked at a training centre for the unemployed was taken t ... st terrorism.Jose Rodriguez Zapatero, the Socialist Party leader, abandoned the meeting to head for Bilbao to offer condolences to the family. Protesters gathered in Bilbao last night to reject terror ...

(4 pages) 20 0 4.7 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Miguel de Unamuno

re la vida y filosofía de miguel de Unamuno. Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo nació en Bilbao en 1864(Miguel De Unamuno). Era hijo de un comerciante y madre religiosa, quien influí ... hermanos masculinos así que vivía en una casa de mujeres(Segura). Se graduó en Bilbao en 1880 y se mudó a Madrid para estudiar en la facultad de filosofía y letras. ...

(2 pages) 3929 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Discuss the role ornament in the work of post-modern architects. Refer to specific works of Hans Hollein, Michael Graves, Robert Verturi, Frank Gehry.

distinction, regardless of the product he delivers. His best known work is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, which is covered in titanium.Fig. 3, Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 1997Gugg ... which is covered in titanium.Fig. 3, Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 1997Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain, which is made of glass, titanium, and limestone, designed by Frank Gehry an ...

(6 pages) 27 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Art Essays