Helsinki Guggenheim museum contest may be largest-ever open competition

摘要

The major international contest for a new €130 million Guggenheim museum in the Finnish capital of Helsinki could become the largest competition ever after its organiser admitted he expected more than 1,000 entries. Malcolm Reading, of Malcolm Reading Consultants, said the two-stage contest for the 12,000m~2 museum had already attracted more than 700 expressions of interest before officially launching on Wednesday (4 June). Bids could potentially exceed the record 1,557 entries to the Giza Museum contest in Egypt, won by Heneghan Peng in 2003.