Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1991-199lect works of ar rther he maiceenance of permanent col The Gur tic Mose i Bibaa cated this general development sep sib chin of institutions under the seis ofthe Guggenteim Museum in New York, Bilao becomes the tet sie of ites Poesy Gogg ns death her pe vate muncum in Wnice revered to the per hovse in New York in 1976 Director Thomas Kren beg to ct further expansion of ambi o yet other cites 1989, he feted che water in Salebung and fer Hans Hollen’ operate eects hewn fom a rocky ‘i fled go materi, Krons moved on to open a temporary branch of th Guggeabein in Bedin and id he sroundwork fran fied mse Bits The “modern” ies of developing: eae becca tc considered in light of dhe innate comer vation of mteune—and di simple. fwncum ate indeed the uns Bele: ok wars oriy a ogi xo: of confining works of ar 0 the place where they have found «permanent home, more often than not asa mater of periodically rotated, shown in changing a precisely calibrated one a tha, by whic that define ther opestion throughout the These expeditions forthe Guggen ‘ici Moseum in Bilbao sole in i achitecarl co 1991, Thomas Kees ivited four architects to Billso-—HLans Hollen, Arat foe Himmel, and Frank Gehry sking them to sketch out thee ess for a novel purpose His choice of architect was trpered by his previous experiences with museum pect ad dhe way hee arches had of conceiving of them i. teens of their Alimos wo decides eater, the open ing ofthe Beaubourg muscu in PaisPinot st 2 he own 3 tout oul rn toe po Sch an he advent of mseur that owe their idemiy lew to permanent collections than eo vicerl impact Compare co an “azrft-catier of ear the B= ourg berthed the idea of the“mnision, {el culure”n one ofthe nepsctod precincts of Pars, piying ap ie purpone a an traction forthe uniniiated a wells sophisticated its, Je a Lex Halles wer ce the place where the bougeoiie ‘went for oysters and came at mid night, he new call rors now ids i mecea among collections dedicated vo {nds design fl, vido ata spectacular roftop view of Pais thrown in for good measure Ever since dhe Beaubourg opened in 7, pea ep ett iS red to stand the test a adequate repo tories of art but they are alo expected 10 acta catalytic agents of wba eanorma Gehey’s projects for dhe Wale Disney f are both located in what had become ncort Halland the Moseum in Bilbo eae ateeie places sored by trafic and made seers, riser by major ght lines, but acking in any cleat manifestation of character The compro= nse condos of Both ios ae aap near foe the comple crcametansss ander which the Bikao commision was precipitate by the regional and municipal government in negotiations with dhe CGuggenheion Museum ig New York Sueh grand projec asthe Bilbao Ggenbeim place extra burdens on the train ination of the museum, on onc find new ways of iancing themes, dey resort the kind of gambis with whieh Phineas Tylor Barras fled his circus tents The exagaeation ofthe pubic stun of museunns—noe in all eee dependent fo new bugs though racy acon plished without temas ao led to iewportant changes in thir architect character, New museums fequie 2 grand ann ever more impressive public presence,