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

Karl MoserKarl Moser

1888 · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20001888
PlaceLondon, England, United KingdomZurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Place contextLondon, England, United KingdomRepresentative site: Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
Climate14°C · 14.1h daylight · 11 km/h wind13°C · 13.9h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Old Cantonal School Aarau
FocusMuseum4 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
  • Karl Moser
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Herzog & de Meuron

Notable works

  • Old Cantonal School Aarau
  • St. Paul's Church, Basel
  • St. Paul's Church, Bern
  • Basel Badischer Bahnhof
Typologies
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • education
  • church
  • sacred space
  • gallery
  • tower
  • performance venue
Materials
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Brick
  • Glass

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

  • Glass
  • 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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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