Tate Modern - Art Gallery : Information + Photos

Date: 1994 Art Gallery Redevelopment Design: Herzog & de Meuron Architects Original power station building: Giles Gilbert Scott, Architect Location: South Bank, across Thames from St Paul's Cathedral, Southwark Aerial photograph ; Interior of Turbine Hall: photo © webbaviation ; photograph : Jason Baxter Tate Modern Extension : planning permission received Mar 2007 Transforming Tate Modern. Exterior views from the south images © Hayes Davidson and Herzog & de Meuron Tate Modern, London, England architecture competition 1994 photos © adrian welch jun 2007 Horizontal 'light beam' along the top of the building forms a counterpoint to the verticality of the massive brick tower. photos © Nick Weall This central tower was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott to echo the form of St. Paul's Cathedral dome across the Thames. pictures © adrian welch jun 2007 Key space: The Turbine Hall is both the circulation space and home to a programme of installations. Tate Modern architect : Herzog & de Meuron photographs © adrian welch jun 2007 Tate Modern, Bankside - Project only 1995 Rafael Moneo Architects images © adrian welch jun 2007 Adjacent structure: Millennium Bridge photo © Nick Weall English Architecture World Architects © James Whitaker 2009 www.WhitakerStudio.co.uk