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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

Herbert BakerHerbert Baker

1892 · London, England, United Kingdom

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20001892
PlaceLondon, England, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom
Place contextLondon, England, United KingdomRepresentative site: Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Climate8°C · 14.3h daylight · 13 km/h wind15°C · 11.1h daylight · 22 km/h wind · via Houses of Parliament, Cape Town
FocusMuseum43 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
  • Herbert Baker
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Herzog & de Meuron

Notable works

  • Houses of Parliament, Cape Town
  • St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
  • State House, Nairobi
  • St Boniface Church, Germiston
Typologies
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • housing
  • house
  • office
  • civic building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • cathedral
  • chapel
Materials
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • timber
  • brick
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Brick
  • Glass

Brick and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • 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.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible14 of 14 recorded works are publicly accessible
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