Issue 30-31

Bilbao

Graphic design by Meneo

Welcome to our Bilbao issue. This issue explores the remarkable transformation of the city and the goals and needs driving it. Through insightful essays, personal photo essays, failed projects, exceptional successes, and open interviews, this issue provides a comprehensive look at a metamorphosis whose scope and complexity goes far beyond the construction of a single renowned building.

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Exploring the City You Grew Up In

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

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Chronology

Chronology by Iker Gil

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20th Century Architecture: Through the Lenses of Seven Projects

Text and selection by García de la Torre Arquitectos with illustrations by Meneo

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The American Houses of Bilbao

Essay by Patxi Eguiluz and Carlos Copertone

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A Bastion of Design

Project by Cini Boeri Architetti

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Bilbao and the Magazine Nueva Forma

Essay by Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno and Elena Martínez-Litago

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The Vizcaya Amusement Park: A Story of Broken Dreams

Essay by Tomás Ruiz with photography by Yosigo

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Men of Steel in a Grey Landscape

Text and photographs by Fidel Raso

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Apoptosis

Text and photographs by Carlos Copertone

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The Alhóndiga Cultural Center and Other Architectural Dreams

Essay by Patricia Sanz Lacarra and Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno

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The Abando Passenger Interchange: A Project Traveling Over Eighty Years

Project by James Stirling Michael Wildford & Associates

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Metro Bilbao

Essay by García de la Torre Arquitectos

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Zigzags in Mina del Morro

Project by Eduardo Belzunce, Luis Díaz-Mauriño, and Juan García Millán

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IDOM Offices

Project by IDOM

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Reurbanization of the Nervión River Docks

Project by Juan Sádaba and José Luis Burgos

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A Disappearing Bilbao

Essay by Patxi Eguíluz

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A City in Film

Iker Gil interviews Koldo Serra

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Botxero Stores

Text and photographs by Diego Sanz

Mas issue bilbao the basque city 01

Landscapes and Networks in the the City-Region: The Basque City

Essay by Alfonso Vegara and Juan Luis de Las Rivas

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A Place in Transition

Essay by Iker Gil with photography by Aitor Ortiz

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A New Zorrotzaurre

Project by Zaha Hadid Architects

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Perfect Future

Essay by Ruth Mayoral López

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Words, Desires, and Memories

Text and photographs by Aitor Ortiz

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Postcards from Bilbao

Postcards from Meneo, Eider Corral, Vudumedia, Hopper Ink, and La Machine