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A mono version of this almost abstract photo of the concrete main stair in the Herzog & de Meuron designed Tate Modern Switch House extension.

 

The photo is so simple and yet it's probably one of my favourite architectural shots I've taken recently. Question is, which version works better ?

 

Click here to see more of my shots of H&dM projects : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157622982082489

 

From Wikipedia : "A ten storey tower, 65 metres high from ground level, was built above the oil tanks.

 

The original western half of the Switch House was demolished to make room for the tower and then rebuilt around it with large gallery spaces and access routes between the main building and the new tower on level 1 (ground level) and level 4. The new galleries on level 4 have natural top lighting. A bridge built across the turbine hall on level 4 to provides an upper access route.

 

The new building opened to the public on 17 June 2016.

 

The design, again by Herzog & de Meuron, has been controversial. It was originally designed with a glass stepped pyramid, but this was amended to incorporate a sloping façade in brick latticework (to match the original power-station building) despite planning consent to the original design having been previously granted by the supervising authority.

 

The extension provides 22,492 square metres of additional gross internal area for display and exhibition spaces, performance spaces, education facilities, offices, catering and retail facilities as well as a car parking and a new external public space."

 

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Uploaded on March 24, 2022
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