Local and national media have been critical of the entire contest for the design of the museum and have called the entire project " a vanity project " . The number of participants in the contest for the design of the new Helsinki Guggenheim was incredibly high , with more then 1700 proposals received from professional architects from more then 77 countries .
В доказательство приводят , так называемый , испанский « эффект Бильбао » , когда сооружение Guggenheim музея сделало этот небольшой город туристическим центром .