Revs : New Tate Gallery in London 2005 and 2006 :: Tate Modern
The Tate Modern stands on the South Bank of the Thames in the very middle of London. Linked to St Paul's Cathedral by the new millennium footbridge it represents an amazing conversion of the original Bankside Power Station that was originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect who designed Battersea Power Station, the Liverpool Anglican cathedral and the British red telephone box.
Constructed from 4.2 million bricks, the building is a brick-clad steel structure, and in order to be lower than the dome of St Pauls Cathedral the chimney was limited to a height of 99 metres.
Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have converted the building into the Tate Modern in the most spectacular fashion.
The photographs on this page were taken by Matt Williams in the Summer and Autumn of 2003, Winter 2004, Winter 2005 and 2006. Please enjoy them, and respect copyright.
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Rachel Whiteread at the Tate Modern
Embankment is a work created by Rachel Whiteread for the Tate Modern Turbine Hall that was commissioned as part of the Unilever Series
More Rachel Whiteread Tate Modern photos
Olafur Eliasson's Weather Project
I went to see The Weather Project at the Tate Modern gallery in London several times between 16 October 2003 and 21 March 2004 in the Turbine Hall.
Anish Kapoor's sculpture for the Turbine Hall - Marsyas
Marsyas, Anish Kapoor's sculpture for the Turbine Hall - part of The Unilever Series
The former Bankside Power Station
Tate Modern is located on the south bank of the River Thames at Bankside, near Blackfriars Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedral and next to the Globe Theatre. Underground: Southwark (Jubilee Line) and Blackfriars (District and Circle Lines) are the closest underground stations both of which are less than ten minutes walk away from the Tate Modern.
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