Foster & Partners wins Bilbao Fine Arts Museum expansion

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Extension (3)

Source: Foster + Partners

Practice beat five other leading architects to the job

Fosters has been chosen to design the new extension of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum in northern Spain.

Chosen from a shortlist of six, the entry by Foster & Partners and Basque practice LM Uriarte Arkitektura was the jury’s ananimous choice.

The proposal was selected ahead of entries by BIG, Snøhetta, Sanaa, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and Rafael Moneo.

 

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