Project Name

Tate Modern Switch House

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Project Location

London, United Kingdom

Year of Completion

2016

Building Type

Institutional

Building Massing

Low Rise

Project Architect

Herzog & de Meuron

Student Author

Tian Lan

Archived Year

12-16-2018

Climate

Temperate oceanic climate

Application

Façade

Material and its Properties

The unique brick façade allows light to filter in during the day and to glow out in the evening, transforming a solid, massive material into a veil that covers the concrete skeleton of the new building.

Architect Website

https://www.herzogdemeuron.com

Other Sources

https://www.archdaily.com/788076/tate-modern-switch-house-herzog-and-de-meuron

Environmental Response

The massive bricks contribute to a high thermal mass

Recommended Citation

Herzog & de Meuron, "Tate Modern Switch House" (2016). Building Case Studies. 353.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/353