Guggenheim Looking for an Architect

New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is set to hold a competition in early June to find an architect to design a branch museum in Helsinki, Finland. This news comes after a job posting (PDF link) on their website for "a Project Coordinator to support the project management and architectural competition for and development of a museum in Helsinki."

The architectural competition, organized with the Finnish Association of Architects, also comes two years after the Helsinki city council rejected Guggenheim's initial proposal. The scaled-down plan would occupy a vacant harbor-front site at Eteläsatama, a different site then originally envisioned. While the city council is allowing the Guggenheim to hold a competition, they will not approve the revised proposal until after it has been held. In other words, a branch museum in Helsinki is far from a guarantee.