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Iconic examples include the Tate Modern in London, which transformed from a power station into a modern art gallery, the High Line in New York City, an elevated railway turned into an urban park, Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Plaza de Toros de las Arenas in Barcelona, and Temporary appropriations of public spaces exemplify this adaptability. [3] [10]
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art (created from or after 1900). It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. [2]
The BBC television programme One Foot in the Past focused on the impending threat to the building; the reporter, Gavin Stamp, made an impassioned plea for the building to be saved. [43] In April 1994 the Tate Gallery announced that Bankside would be the home for the new Tate Modern. The £134 million conversion started in June 1995 with the ...
Tate Modern, in Bankside Power Station on the south side of the Thames, opened in 2000 and now exhibits the national collection of modern art from 1900 to the present day, including some modern British art. In the late 2000s, the Tate announced a new development project to the south of the existing building.
A notable example is the Dalí Theatre and Museum or the conversion of the Bankside Power Station designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott into the Tate Modern in 2000, based on design by Herzog & de Meuron. [7] Information about the conversion was the basis for a 2008 documentary Architects Herzog and de Meuron: Alchemy of Building & Tate Modern. [8]
June 17 – Tate Modern Switch House (art gallery extension, subsequently named Blavatnik Building) on London Bankside, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened. [6] August 4 – British Airways i360 observation tower, Brighton, designed by Marks Barfield, opened. September
In 2017, Hindsbo was appointed director of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] During the museum's construction phase, Hindsbo faced criticism from Norwegian newspapers regarding her management style, procurement choices, and delays in the museum's opening.
Millennium Bridge with the Tate Modern in the background, both by Tony Fitzpatrick. He graduated from Leeds University in 1972 with a first class degree in civil engineering, having won the Holst Prize. He worked for Arup in the UK and in Iran, before joining the design team for the new British Library at St Pancras Station in 1978.