Frank Gehry's Biomuseo in Panama prepares to open
This article is a summary of reporting by Dezeen. Originally published September 18, 2014.
Renowned architect Frank Gehry completed his first Latin American design, the Biomuseo in Panama City. Positioned prominently at the entrance to the Panama Canal on the Amador Causeway, the biodiversity museum features an open-air central atrium surrounded by folded, brightly colored metal canopies that echo local vernacular tin roofs. Developed in collaboration with scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the institution tells the ecological story of how the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama changed the world's climate and biodiversity.
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Frank Gehry's first project in Latin America, the colorful Biomuseo celebrating biodiversity, nears completion along the entrance to the Panama Canal.
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