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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

1997 · Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

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Modern and contemporary art museum in Bilbao, Spain

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1997 · Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

MorphosisMorphosis

Pasadena, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1997Unrecorded
PlaceBilbao, Basque Country, SpainPasadena, California, United States
Place contextBilbao, Basque Country, SpainRepresentative site: New York, United States
Climate16°C · 13.7h daylight · 2 km/h wind8°C · 13.5h daylight · 21 km/h wind · via The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art / Morphosis Architects
FocusMuseum7 works in corpus
Architects
  • Frank Gehry
  • Thom Mayne
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Gehry Partners

Notable works

  • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art / Morphosis Architects
  • Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse
  • 41 Cooper Square
  • Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics / Morphosis Architects
Typologies
  • museum
  • art museum
  • landmark
  • offices
  • institutional buildings
  • dabas
  • educational
  • 3d modeling
  • house
  • civic building
  • gallery
Materials
  • titanium
  • glass
  • limestone
  • glass
  • steel
  • aluminum
  • fabric
  • concrete
  • timber
Carbon signals

Glass, Stone, and Titanium look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Glass
  • Stone
  • Titanium

Aluminum, Concrete, and Steel look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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