Healing the coastline of Barcelona, Spain, stands El Peix, or 'el Peix d'Or' in the local Catalan dialect, a colossal 35-meter steel sculpture. Soaring a remarkable 54 meters in length, this architectural wonder was birthed for the 1992 Olympic Games by Frank Gehry, a renowned Canadian architect known for his masterpieces such as the Guggenheim Museum and Prague's Dancing House. Popular in Barcelona's Ultimate Frisbee community, 'El Peix' serves as the moniker for the 'Peixets' team (little fishes). Pioneering its kind, it was fashioned using CATIA, a CAD system commonly employed in the aerospace industry, catapulting Barcelona into the forefront of architectural prominence.
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Written by Nik Frost
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