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 theandnbsp;Tateandnbsp;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 ofandnbsp;Herzog andamp; de Meuronandnbsp;were announced as the winning architects in January 1995. The £134andnbsp;million conversion to the Tate Modern started in June 1995 and completed in January 2000.
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| Image File: | H_DM-TM-0090 |
| Caption: | Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom. Architect: HERZOG AND DE MEURON, 2000. TATE MODERN LONDON, SE1 9TG. ARCHITECTS: HERZOG AND DE MEURON, ENGINEERS: OVE ARUP AND PARTNERS. JULY 2000. NORTH ELEVATION AND THAMES (DUSK). |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | No |
| Dimensions in PX: | 451 x 352 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 17/07/2008 |
| Restriction: | IMAGES ARE NOT FOR SALE WITHOUT THE AGREEMENT OF TATE. |
| Credit: | Dennis Gilbert/VIEW |
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| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | Tate Modern |
| Headline: | Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom. Architect: HERZOG AND DE MEURON, 2000. |
| City: | London |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Architect: | HERZOG AND DE MEURON |
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| Category: | Culture And Entertainment |
| Building Type: | Museum |
| Year of Completion: | 2000 |
| Collection: | VIEW Architecture |
| 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 theandnbsp;Tateandnbsp;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 ofandnbsp;Herzog andamp; de Meuronandnbsp;were announced as the winning architects in January 1995. The £134andnbsp;million conversion to the Tate Modern started in June 1995 and completed in January 2000. |
| Keywords: | arc; british; contemporary; england; english; europe; european; external; gb; great britain; Herzog and De Meuron; horizontal; landscape; London; Modern; new; outdoor; outside; Tate Modern; UK |
| Orientation: | H |
| Type: | Museum |
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| Photographer: | Dennis Gilbert |
| Source File Name: | H_DM-TM-0090.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |