I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of … - David Chipperfield

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David Chipperfield

I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain it's seen as the catalyst for urban regeneration rather than the icing on the cake.

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