The Bankside Energy Center after its reconversion into Tate Modern.
The Bankside Power Station (in English: Bankside Power Station) is an old power station located on the south bank of the River Thames in the Bankside district of London. Since May 12, 2000, it has been the headquarters of Tate Modern, and houses the British Collection of Modern Art.
Originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the building is a rectangle 200 meters long, with a steel structure clad in brick, with a central chimney 99 meters high, which was lowered to be slightly lower than St Paul's Cathedral. The performance carried out by the Swiss architects Herzog & amp; from Meuron to convert it into a museum, it largely respected the original building, so that both the original steel structure and the façade brick cladding are currently maintained, giving it its characteristic exterior appearance.
The construction of the new Bankside power plant was proposed in 1947, and Gilbert Scott's design was approved in less than a year, despite significant local opposition to the project.
The construction was divided into several phases, and was not completed until 1963. The first phase was the west section of the building, and was inaugurated and put into operation in 1952.
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