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Steel frames a yarn
An irregular-shaped building with a folding origami-style roof is being built to house the Great Tapestry of Scotland. Martin Cooper reports on a project which …
Award: V&A’s Exhibition Road Quarter, London
The most significant work undertaken at the V&A museum for over 100 years, this development’s centrepiece provides a large column-free underground …
Merit: Wellcome Collection Dynamic Stair, London
A key feature of the Wellcome Collection’s development project, the Dynamic Stair is a free-flowing form, travelling from floor-to-floor without any visually …
V&A underground extension opens to the public
Designed by Amanda Levete Architects, the Victoria & Albert Museum’s new underground extension has been officially opened. Known as the Exhibition Road …
Contemporary art extension switched on
Structural steelwork has exhibited its long span qualities in creating the large gallery spaces for the recently opened Tate Modern extension. Proclaimed as …
Ten-storey Tate Modern extension opens
Known as the Switch House, the new Tate Modern extension, which increases the museum’s size by 60%, has opened to the public. The pyramid-shaped 10-storey …
Tate Modern expands with steel extension
More than 5,500m² of exhibition and display space will be added to London’s Tate Modern when its 10-storey high steel framed extension is completed. Being …
