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Tate Modern
- The Unilever turbine hall installations attract millions of visitors
- Stuart Lipton was a member of the development board
- Architects – Giles Gilbert Scott (1955) & Herzog & de Meuron (2000)
- Located on the South Bank opposite St Paul’s. Completed in 2000
The combination of St Paul’s cathedral, river walk and gallery has turned Tate Modern, as the building has become, into a magnet for Londoners and tourists alike. In many respects the building is the art, in particular the vast turbine hall.
Built shortly after the Second World War, Bankside power station was owned by British Energy. The eight-acre site was then given to the Tate.
Tate Modern took an existing power station and created one of the most interesting art galleries in the world; the project acted as a catalyst for the regeneration of the South Bank.