Author: marikamarika Date: Dec 11, 2006 16:46
Frank Kalder wrote:
> marika wrote:
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> _Basque Country (in Spain)_
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> Yesterday I watched a n-tv travel report highlighting, e.g.,
> Bilbao and the Bay of Biscay at the European Atlantic coast.
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> _Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao_
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> "The building itself is an extraordinary combination of
> interconnecting shapes. Orthogonal blocks in limestone contrast with
> curved and bent forms covered in titanium. Glass curtain walls provide
> the building with the light and transparency it needs. Owing to their
> mathematical complexity, the sinuous stone, glass, and titanium curves
> were designed with the aid of computers." ...
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