I can honestly say that when I saw Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, it was the first building that I have ever thought of as a"beautiful" piece of architecture. The building is so elegantly constructed and the materiality of the building only adds to its contemporary elegance. The circulation through the museum as seen in the initial lobby space flows through the structure like "major arteries through the heart," symbolic to a living and working body. The building really is Bilbao's claim to fame, it's a must see...
As for our wine tasting travels in the La Rioja, we saw works by three of the most famous names in architecture - Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and Santiago Calatrava. Each building, regardless of size, made a marketing statement for each of the wineries. The most impressive, for me, was Calatrava's sweeping wavy structure, not because the building was the most impressive I have ever seen nor was it extremely detailed, but because he paid clear attention to the landscape and the building mimics the enormous mountain range in the background of the building; and with the sweeping angles of the roof, the mountains are replicated in the roof structure. The scenery was awe inspiring for the architect and I don't think anyone would argue with that.
I can honestly say that when I saw Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, it was the first building that I have ever thought of as a"beautiful" piece of architecture. The building is so elegantly constructed and the materiality of the building only adds to its contemporary elegance. The circulation through the museum as seen in the initial lobby space flows through the structure like "major arteries through the heart," symbolic to a living and working body. The building really is Bilbao's claim to fame, it's a must see...
As for our wine tasting travels in the La Rioja, we saw works by three of the most famous names in architecture - Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and Santiago Calatrava. Each building, regardless of size, made a marketing statement for each of the wineries. The most impressive, for me, was Calatrava's sweeping wavy structure, not because the building was the most impressive I have ever seen nor was it extremely detailed, but because he paid clear attention to the landscape and the building mimics the enormous mountain range in the background of the building; and with the sweeping angles of the roof, the mountains are replicated in the roof structure. The scenery was awe inspiring for the architect and I don't think anyone would argue with that. 
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