Fortunately for the GMB. Gehry's stunning building design has impressed the local populace as well attention. international considerable attracted Following several months of particularly controversial press in the spring of 1996, the Guggenheira wisely offered guided visits to the site. The immediate, eager response suggests that a long-term display of Gehry's design in Bilbao might have been helpful from the onset. "As the building takes shape, the Basques are increasingly supportive of the project notes Hamity.