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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

1997 · Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

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Modern and contemporary art museum in Bilbao, Spain

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Modern and contemporary art museum in Bilbao, Spain

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Guggenheim Museum BilbaoGuggenheim Museum Bilbao

1997 · Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

Taller de Arquitectura XTaller de Arquitectura X

1981 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19971981
PlaceBilbao, Basque Country, SpainMexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Place contextBilbao, Basque Country, SpainRepresentative site: Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Climate18°C · 13.7h daylight · 1 km/h wind10°C · 12.7h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Kurimanzutto
FocusMuseum2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Frank Gehry
  • Alberto Kalach
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Gehry Partners

Notable works

  • Kurimanzutto
  • Biblioteca Vasconcelos
Typologies
  • museum
  • art museum
  • landmark
  • gallery
  • house
  • library
  • cultural building
  • public building
Materials
  • titanium
  • glass
  • limestone
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Glass
  • Stone
  • Titanium

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
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.
  • 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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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