London...Tate Modern to get a huge addition

samsonyuen · July 29th, 2006, 08:04 PM

I'm not sure how much I like this addition

From: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...epath=A&E/News
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London's Tate Modern to get $400M reno
Jul. 25, 2006. 04:12 PM
ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON, ENGLAND— Tate Modern, Britain's most popular art gallery, plans to build a $400 million extension to its riverside home.
The gallery said Tuesday that the ziggurat-shaped glass building, due to be completed in time for the 2012 London Olympics, would almost double the facility's exhibition space.
The expansion will be financed through a combination of public and private funding, including $13 million from the London Development Agency. It will be built by Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron, who created the gallery from a former power station.
Designed to accommodate 1.8 million visitors a year, the gallery now gets more than 4 million, Tate director Nicholas Serota said.
The 230-foot structure — which requires planning approval — will include 10 new galleries and two performance spaces. It will be built on the site of an electricity substation on the south side of the gallery.
"Over the past few years, the expectations of visitors to museums everywhere have transformed," Serota said. "They expect a different kind of experience. I think the new building will provide the means for that.''
He said the gallery was confident that it would be able to raise the money to complete the project on time.

Erebus555 · July 30th, 2006, 05:29 PM

It's different... I'm afraid the renders dont give me a good enough view yet.

jrb · July 30th, 2006, 07:10 PM

400 million dollars, or 200-250 million pounds. Where's the money coming from?
Let me guess?

No! I'll hold fire until the financial information is revealed.(tick, tock)

JDRS · July 30th, 2006, 09:01 PM

Check out the projects and construction section where there's a thread on this.

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July 30th, 2006, 07:10 PM	#3
jrb 10th February 2008 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 26,394 Likes (Received): 273	400 million dollars, or 200-250 million pounds. Where's the money coming from? Let me guess? No! I'll hold fire until the financial information is revealed.(tick, tock)

July 30th, 2006, 09:01 PM	#4
JDRS Against ID Cards Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Manchester Posts: 9,823 Likes (Received): 0	Check out the projects and construction section where there's a thread on this.