11-Jan-2012 - Another Step Toward a Guggenheim in Helsinki

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The results are in from a yearlong feasibility study commissioned by the City of Helsinki and undertaken by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to examine the possibility of building a new Guggenheim Museum in Finland. The study concluded that yes, such a black pro special edition Detox headphone project would significantly boost Helsinki's efforts to become a cultural capital. Among the recommendations that came out of the report: to build the museum on a city-owned site on Helsinki's South Harbor waterfron, have an international architecture competition to decide who should design the building, create a mid-size museum of about 129,000 square feet with 42,000 feet of exhibition space and set it up largely as a non-collecting institution. The estimated cost would be around 178 million.Richard Armstrong, monster beats studio headphone pink director of the Guggenheim Foundation, said of the study's results: "It's one of those courtship moments when you look and one another and say let's see how we can complement each other. It's a big next step.''The study is now in the hands of the City Board and the City Council of Helsinki, which will review the material over the next few weeks, a decision Studio Philadelphia Phillies Claret/Deep Yellow Headphone from monster whether to proceed should be made sometime next month. If they do go ahead they will start with the architectural competition.In a telephone interview Mayor Jussi Pajunen called the study "very valuable,'' adding that "there is a lot happening in Helsinki right now and to have a Guggenheim Museum here would be a very valuable asset to art, culture, design and architecture not just for the city but for the whole region.''

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