Switch House (Blavatnik Building)

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Switch House (Blavatnik Building) is the striking pyramid-like extension of Tate Modern in London, designed by Herzog & de Meuron to provide additional gallery space and a public viewing terrace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art gallery extension
cultural infrastructure
museum building
adjacentTo Tate Modern
surface form: Tate Modern Boiler House
alsoKnownAs Blavatnik Building
Switch House
architect Herzog & de Meuron
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
surface form: Jacques Herzog

Pierre de Meuron
architecturalStyle contemporary architecture
deconstructivism
builtAs extension of Tate Modern
category Herzog & de Meuron buildings
Tate Modern
museum buildings in London
connectedTo Tate Modern
surface form: Tate Modern Turbine Hall
country United Kingdom
dedicatedTo contemporary art
donor Blavatnik Family Foundation
feature 360-degree viewing platform
dramatic angular form
twisting brick lattice façade
function art gallery
museum extension
public viewing terrace
hasPart bar
education spaces
gallery spaces
performance spaces
public viewing terrace
restaurant
shop
inauguratedBy Tate Modern
locatedIn Bankside
England
London, England
surface form: London

London Borough of Southwark NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
material brick
concrete
namedAfter Len Blavatnik
operator Tate
ownedBy Tate
partOf Tate Modern
purpose provide additional gallery space
provide public viewing terrace
shape pyramid-like
use display of Tate’s permanent collection
temporary exhibitions

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Boiler House adjacentTo Switch House (Blavatnik Building)