Stephen Branley's photos with the keyword: River Nervión

A view from Las Arenas across the river Nervión to Portugalete. The beautiful yellow building is the tourist office. It dates from 1888 and was once the train station for the first trains that connected Portugalete with Bilbao city centre, it was called “Estación de la Canilla.” In the background is the 15th century 'Basilica de Santa Maria'. The little green ferry runs between the two towns every 2 minutes and costs 20c per person...

You don't see many straight edges at the Guggenheim, Bilbao...

A museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. Opened in 1997 it's built from stone, glass and titanium on a 32,500m² site alongside the Nervión River, in the old industrial heart of the city of Bilbao. This is one building where critics and the general public are united in their acclaim of the design...

The Iberdrola Tower, designed by César Pelli, the headquarters of the Spanish Multinational Electric Utility, is the tallest building in the Basque Country and Bilbao. It consists of 40 floors and stands at 165m (541 feet). It was opened by King Juan Carlos on 21st February 2012 and stands close to the Guggenheim Museum…

'Maman' by French artist, Louise Bourgeois. A bronze, stainless steel, and marble sculpture which depicts a spider, is among the world's largest, measuring over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide. It includes a sac containing 32 marble eggs and its abdomen and thorax are made of ribbed bronze. This is probably the most famous piece by Bourgeois. It stands outside the Museo Guggenheim in Bilbao and is dedicated to her mother, hence the title...

This exterior hides a clever feat of engineering. Anchored to a concrete base, a colossal stainless steel substructure is covered by a layer of turf, wire mesh, and geotextile fabric that secures the turf and stimulates plant growth. The structure also contains five levels of scaffolding and a network of pipes that water and feed the plants every 24 hours...

Puppy, by Jeff Koons. It's been a permanent installation since 1997. Twice a year, in May and October, all of the plants that make up the sculpture’s exterior are replaced with fresh seasonal varieties, including pansies for the fall and winter, and begonias, impatiens, and petunias for the spring and summer. The task requires 20 people, and 9 days to complete, to freshened up Puppy’s coat for the summer with approximately 38,000 new flowers in hues of red and pink...