Hi I'm Architect Banu Altay from Sia Moore. Today I'm with you with our Explore
Architecture Series. In these videos I'm
exploring architectural buildings on
site. As you know we are still in London
to receive two very prestigious
architectural awards that Sia Moore has won. We are full of excitement and joy. We are at
Tate Modern here. One of the four Tate's
the one located in the Bank site.
When Tate first opened its doors to the public in 1897 it had just one side displaying
a small collection of British art works. Today there are four Museum of Tate's
housing British art from 1500 to the
present day and International Modern and
Contemporary Arts which consists of
70,000 artworks.
For those modern and contemporary art geeks over there, Tate Modern speaks to you! From Kandinsky to
Picasso Matisse, Rothko, Klein, Lichtenstein and to Degas and Monet;
Tate Modern offers a unique
international modern and contemporary
art collection. So how did this extremely
modern and industrial buildings of Tate
Modern came to life? So the building
I am standing in front of has been
used as a power station from 1947 to
1981. And this you see here is called the
Switch House. It's one of the recent
extension power station building. And
today we are looking at London's most
recognizable and best-loved building and
one of the world's best modern Museum.
Thank you so much for watching this
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