Rio de Janeiro signed a contract last week to build a Guggenheim museum. But the urban revival plan is assailed.
"The Guggenheim, the renowned New York museum whose expansion into Spain turned the city of Bilbao into an international tourist destination and a paradigm for innovative new architecture, wants to build a new outpost in Rio... The Guggenheim, along with Rio Mayor Cesar Maia, wants to build a spectacular new museum on a derelict area by Rio's once bustling, and now run-down, port area. Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, the Guggenheim Rio would include galleries, restaurants, shops, and even a tropical garden. Much of the museum would be built under water."
Thanks to Chris Steins
FULL STORY: It worked in Bilbao. Will it succeed in Rio?
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