Work

Tate Modern

A power station transformation that made industrial scale, public circulation, and contemporary art inseparable on the Thames.

building

renovated

2000

London, England, United Kingdom

Museum

museum adaptive reuse cultural building brick steel glass Museum

Brick Steel Glass

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Gallery

Tate Modern gallery

Tate Modern exterior view

Exterior view of Tate Modern from the Thames.

Credit: Acabashi

Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0 · licensed

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Books

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Architect

Jacques Herzog

Born 1950 · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Role: lead architect

Primary contributor

A Swiss architect whose work with Herzog & de Meuron rethinks museums, venues, and urban landmarks through material specificity and precise formal transformation.

Architect

Pierre de Meuron

Born 1950 · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Role: lead architect

Primary contributor

A Swiss architect whose collaborations with Jacques Herzog have shaped major museums, performance venues, and adaptive transformations worldwide.

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Bureau

Herzog & de Meuron

bureau · Zürich, Switzerland

Role: designer

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