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The blue triangle Forum started as a symbol of the Forum’s collection, and is now considered the icon of “New Barcelona” Spain. Jaques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron designed this expensive $144 million structure, which contains a 3,200 seat auditorium and 5,000m2 exhibition hall.The location on Avinguda Diagonal connects the historic city with the other various parts of the city, and with the Mediterranean coastline. The programs fit two-dimensionally inside the triangle. Each exterior side runs 180m and is 25m tall. The front corner cantilevers over the public square, creating a inside/outside relationship.
Besides construction cost concerns, there were construction flaws when it opened in 2004 and the building has been difficult to maintain. |
(Detlef Schobert– flickr/creative commons license)
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(featured image by Detlef Schobert on flickr/creative commons)
