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This rejected design for a futuristic new Guggenheim museum would have been incredible

This rejected design for a futuristic new Guggenheim museum would have been incredible

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Myefski Architects, Inc.

A design for the proposed Guggenheim museum in Helsinki, Finland by Myefski Architects, Inc.

Over the weekend, $4 announced $4 of its prestigious design competition. A variety of buildings types - from homes to sportsplexes to museums - won gold and silver awards.

One such gold winner was Myefski Architects' design>$4 for a satellite Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki. Featuring a grassy rooftop that slopes to the sidewalk, the design would incorporate both the interior and waterfront exterior as part of the museum.

In 2015, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation launched $4 to design a new location in the Finnish capital, and over 1,700 architects anonymously submitted.

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Myefski Architects, Inc.

A design for the proposed Guggenheim museum in Helsinki, Finland by Myefski Architects, Inc.

The Guggenheim selected $4 - though Myefski Architects' design wasn't one of them- with the grand winner being the Paris-based architecture firm $4. Its $4 distinguishes itself from the original, pristine white Guggenheim New York City, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

There are no concrete plans to build a Guggenheim in the Finnish capital.

In September, Finland's government $4 funding for the museum, which was expected to cost $4. Guggenheim's proposal to build a museum in Helsinki had drawn $4 as well.

As Quartz $4, when Helsinki's city planners welcomed the Guggenheim museum, they were also hoping that Guggenheim's name would bring more tourist money to the capital. Exactly that happened when a Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim came to Bilbao, Spain - the museum's unusual metal facade $4 for bringing more visitors to the Spanish city.

Opponents to the proposed museum in Helsinki have labeled it "ArtDonald's," saying the museum would prioritize western art over work from local artists, $4 The Guardian.

The Guggenheim has three international locations, with $4 set to open in Abu Dhabi in 2017. If the Finnish museum is ever built, it will undoubtedly draw many visitors, just like the other starchitect-designed Guggenheims.

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