The galleries are housed in the former Bankside Power Station, which was originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963. The Power Station closed in 1981. In April 1994 the Tate Gallery announced that Bankside would be the home for the new Tate Modern. In July of the same year, an international competition was launched to select an architect for the new gallery. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Herzog and de Meuron were announced as the winning architects in January 1995. The £134 million conversion to the Tate Modern started in June 1995 and completed in January 2000.
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| Image File: | GEO870AA-053 |
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| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | No |
| Dimensions in PX: | 3320 x 5055 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 30/03/2010 |
| Restriction: | INTERIOR IMAGES ARE NOT FOR SALE WITHOUT THE AGREEMENT OF TATE. |
| Credit: | Collection Artedia/VIEW |
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| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | Tate Modern, London |
| Headline: | Tate Modern, London, London, , Architect Unknown |
| City: | London |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Architect: | HERZOG AND DE MEURON |
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| Building Type: | Art Gallery |
| Year of Completion: | 2000 |
| Collection: | Artedia |
| Public Notes: | The galleries are housed in the former Bankside Power Station, which was originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963. The Power Station closed in 1981. In April 1994 the Tate Gallery announced that Bankside would be the home for the new Tate Modern. In July of the same year, an international competition was launched to select an architect for the new gallery. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Herzog and de Meuron were announced as the winning architects in January 1995. The £134 million conversion to the Tate Modern started in June 1995 and completed in January 2000. |
| Keywords: | industrial building; brick; outdoor; vertical; museum; character; reconversion; 20th century; tate modern; de meuron pierre; herzog jacques; london; united kingdom; 2000 |
| Orientation: | V |
| Type: | I |
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| Photographer: | Collection Artedia |
| Source File Name: | GEO870AA-053.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |