Roger Wehrli. Bilbao: Photographs Since 1988 - Hardcover
In the 1980s, Bilbao was Spain’s most polluted city due to the mining and iron industries that had served as its main sources of employment, by then in terminal decline. In 1993, seven years after Spain joined the European Union, a radical transformation was initiated, and celebrated architects such as Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, and Frank O. Gehry were brought on board to design buildings that would serve as icons of the reinvented Bilbao.
Swiss photographer Roger Wehrli documented this transformation, which was so successful that Bilbao has since become a model for former industrial centers throughout Europe. Taken between 1988 and 2014, Wehrli’s striking black-and-white images tell the compelling tale of the decline and rebirth of a city. Perhaps the most emblematic monuments of Bilbao’s transformation is Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, the city’s main attraction and one of Europe’s most visited museums. Importantly, in emerging from crisis to become the flourishing cultural center it is today, Bilbao has intentionally retained features of its industrial past, which adds to its singular character.
Swiss photographer Roger Wehrli documented this transformation, which was so successful that Bilbao has since become a model for former industrial centers throughout Europe. Taken between 1988 and 2014, Wehrli’s striking black-and-white images tell the compelling tale of the decline and rebirth of a city. Perhaps the most emblematic monuments of Bilbao’s transformation is Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, the city’s main attraction and one of Europe’s most visited museums. Importantly, in emerging from crisis to become the flourishing cultural center it is today, Bilbao has intentionally retained features of its industrial past, which adds to its singular character.
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Book Description Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Bilbao, die baskische Metropole, galt in den 1980er-Jahren noch als die wohl schmutzigste Stadt Spaniens. 1993 begann eine radikale Neuorientierung weg von der Industrie- und hin zur Dienstleistungs- und Kulturstadt. Architekten von Weltruf wie Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster oder Frank O. Gehry wurden beauftragt, ikonische Bauwerke zu schaffen. Besonders Gehrys Guggenheim-Museum war als Aushängeschild des modernen Bilbao gedacht. Und tatsächlich gelang es, die Stadt zu einem neuen kulturellen Zentrum Spaniens aufblühen zu lassen - Bilbao hat die Chance seiner Krise genutzt. Die industrielle Vergangenheit ist jedoch nach wie vor sicht- und spürbar und verleiht dem Ort seinen eigentümlichen Charme.Der Schweizer Fotograf Roger Wehrli hat zwischen 1988 und 2014 den Wandel und die Neuerfindung Bilbaos in einem Langzeitprojekt fotografisch dokumentiert. Seine Schwarz-Weiss-Bilder erzählen diese spannende und besondere Geschichte, die als Beispiel für viele andere Industriestädte Europas gelten kann. Seller Inventory # 9783858815354
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In the 1980s, Bilbao, metropolis of the Basque Country in Spain, was considered the country's most polluted city and its mining and iron industries were in decline. In 1993, seven years after Spain joined the European Union, a radical transformation was initiated. Bilbao moved away from manufacturing to the service industries and, a key element of the process, towards contemporary culture. Celebrated architects such as Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, and Frank O. Gehry were commissioned with the design of public buildings, meant to become icons of the reinvented Bilbao. And it worked: Gehry's Guggenheim Museum has indeed become the modern city's chief attraction and one of Europe's most-visited museums. Bilbao has made the most of the chances its deep crisis offered and today is a flourishing cultural centre in Spain. Yet the industrial past is apparent and adds strongly to the particular charm of the place. Swiss photographer Roger Wehrli has documented Bilbao's transformation between 1988 and 2014. His black-and-white images tell the compelling story of decline and reinvention in a city that has also become a model for other former factory towns across Europe. Text in English and German. AUTHORS: Roger Wehrli lives and works as a freelance photographer in Switzerland. His reportages, documentaries, and portraits are regularly published in Swiss newspapers and magazines. Ibon Zubiaur, born in Gexto near Bilbao, Spain, lives and works as a writer and translator in Berlin. 90 colour illustrations The first publication of Roger Wehrli's long-term documentary project, following the transformation of Bilbao from an industrial urban area into a cultural hotspot, and one of Europe's most visited cities. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783858815354
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Book Description Gebunden. Condition: New. The first publication of Roger Wehrli s long-term documentary project, following the transformation of Bilbao from an industrial urban area into a cultural hotspot, and one of Europe s most visited cities.Bilbao, die baskische Metropole, galt in den 198. Seller Inventory # 135071804
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