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Exterior tour of an architectural classic: the Guggenheim Bilbao

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The museum that became synonymous with a city transformation phenomenon, the “Bilbao effect, can’t miss from our North of Spain tour. Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim opened in 1997, boosted Bilbao’s economy with smashing success, and changed the way architects and cities think about museums. To date, the museum has had over 22 million visitors and fulfilled its original intentions as a transformational project.

The design resembles a boat that also flips its tail, like a fish jumping out of the Nervión river. The walk around the building is magnificent, exploring the different angles and sparkling imagination. It also allows exploring the outdoor artworks such as the giant flower puppy by Jeff Koons, the spider by Louise Bourgeois and the Arcos Rojos by Daniel Buren installed on and under the La Salve bridge.

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, Exterior tour of an architectural classic: the Guggenheim Bilbao

It is no secret that Paris has been the capital of fashion since the seventeenth century. The city has been the playground for prestigious designers and couture brands like Chanel, Dior, and Saint Laurent. Today the Parisian style is not only an aesthetic choice but a philosophy. It embraces elegance, timelessness, and slow responsible fashion. The focus is on the cut and the quality of the materials. No fluff or excessiveness with a less is more approach. And what better way to understand Parisian fashion than to visit a museum dedicated to it.

For more than 70 years, the house has been crafting magical couture pieces in their atelier at 30 Avenue Montaigne in Paris. Christian Dior has made this location a legendary address since the first collection in 1947. Behind its new flagship, the House of Dior inaugurates a permanent exhibition in an extraordinary gallery, independently of its boutique. Mr. Dior wanted to be an architect; the building and the museum pay him a beautiful tribute today.

The staging is astonishing. A circular staircase at the entrance showcases 452 dresses and 1,422 accessories, all 3D printed. Bags, shoes, perfumes, and small objects: so many testimonies of the Dior style materialized to elaborate this Diorama.