PROSPERAMOS

Bilbao: the museum starts outside

Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum opened in 1997.

Bilbao: the museum starts outside
Image author and licence

Naotake Murayama · CC BY 2.0. Resized and cropped for the website.

Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum opened in 1997. Frank Gehry’s building became a recognisable symbol of the city’s contemporary architecture.

Mini-dialogue

¿Es un edificio o una escultura?

Practice phrase: “¿Es un edificio o una escultura?” — “Is it a building or a sculpture?” Say it aloud, then try answering in your own words.

Try it yourself

What do the building’s curves remind you of? Make three comparisons, each beginning with se parece a.

Sources and photographs

The practice situation and dialogue were written by PROSPERAMOS. The photograph illustrates the theme.