I first saw the plans for Guggenheim Helsinki about a year ago and I was excited to follow the project. The dark façades and sweeping pitched roofs looked like a perfect compliment to the sea, a stones throw away. The government anticipated the cost to be €40 million (£34 million) of public money. While not wholly opposed to the project, the government is closing the matter and saying no to funding the project by French architecture firm, Moreau Kusunoki. MK had a rough budget of €130,000,000 for the entire project. The completed project was expected to bring in a lot of revenue for Helsinki, but publicly funding this is no longer a question. You can check out more pictures of what would have been, here. Who knows, maybe a private funder will save the day?
It does seem like a lot of cash to be dropping on it, but things like this always lead to good things, no?
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