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Exterior view of Tate Modern on the Thames, showing the brick power-station shell and long horizontal profile.

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Tate Modern

2000 · London, England, United Kingdom

Tate Modern exterior view

Exterior view of Tate Modern from the Thames.

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Tate Modern

London, England, United Kingdom · Exact work coordinates

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Tate ModernTate Modern

2000 · London, England, United Kingdom

Dimitris Pikionis

1925-1968 · Athens, Attica, Greece

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20001925-1968
PlaceLondon, England, United KingdomAthens, Attica, Greece
Place contextLondon, England, United KingdomRepresentative site: Athens, Attica, Greece
Climate11°C · 14.3h daylight · 16 km/h wind23°C · 13.4h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
FocusMuseum1 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
  • Dimitris Pikionis
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Herzog & de Meuron

Notable works

  • Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
Typologies
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • landscape
  • public space
  • pedestrian infrastructure
Materials
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • stone
  • paving
  • salvaged fragments
Carbon signals

Steel, Brick, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Steel
  • Brick
  • Glass

Paving, Salvaged Fragments, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Paving
  • Salvaged Fragments
  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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