As Gehry intended, the GMB fumishes Bilbao witla spectacular icon that captivates the visitor's gaze. with the added interest of a highly complex contaur that radically transforms itself depending upon one vantage point. GMB's interior is no less Upon entering the tnuseum thw visitor encounters a soaring 165-foot-high glass atrium. According to Krens, who was intimately involved in the design process lsce side the atrium reflects what one might call the positive ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright's rotunda. Like Wright, Gehry has used the idea of a central organizing space. But whereas Wright's spiral for the original Guggenheim in New York was all continued on page 105 Art in America 55