His buildings especially the Guggenheim were mesmerizing and from that moment on I knew that I wanted to become an architect. I by luck had to write about Frank Gehry. This building is what got me into architecture all the way back in seventh grade when I had to do an english report about an architect. My favorite building, the Guggenheim by Frank O. Calatrava won the lawsuit andВ receivedВ a settlement, but the connecting bridge remains. A connecting bridge was installed by aВ neighboringВ building resulting in a major lawsuit with Calatrava. Calatrava had it written in his contract to oversee/perform any additions to the bridge. This black strip was a later addition to the bridge in order to give traction to over the existing glass walkway, but it takes away fromВ up lightingВ at night. The airport was designed by on of my favorite architects Santiago Calatrava who also has a bridge in the center of town. I also went to Barcelona for a few days on my own to check out some of the architectural masterworks in the area by Antoni Gaudi.Д«ilbao for its size has a surprisingly high concentration of world class architecture. The main reason for the trip was a site visit for my Visiting Program at the AA. This last week my travels brought me to Spain. While in Barcelona I went to a football game, Barca came won two nil. Here are some more pictures of buildings around Barcelona. The last major architectural stop I took was to Park Guell also by Gaudi. I could not come back to Barcelona and not visit Frank GehryвЂ™s вЂњFishвЂќ. This building is not the original building but it was a replica of the 1929 international exhibition built in 1986. Mies van Der RoheвЂ™s Barcelona Pavilion was quite a greatВ piece of architecture. I walked by Casa Batllo but did not go inside. These are views from the top of La Pedera. I have always liked the chimneyвЂ™s on the top of the building building which areВ similarВ to couple of the guardian figures at La Sangrada Familia. It remains unfinished, but construction has been scheduled to be finished in 2025. MostВ notablyВ I visited GaudiвЂ™sВ masterpieceВ Sangrada Familia. During the same week that I went to Bilbao, Spain I took a few days to go down to Barcelona to visit some of the famous architecture in the area namely the work of Antoni Gaudi.

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