14-06-2016 23:00 via theartnewspaper.com

The ones that got away: Tate’s rejected designs

Once the Tate had settled on the inactive Bankside Power Station as the home of what was then to be the Tate Gallery of Modern Art in 1994, a competition was launched to find the architects to turn this hulking building into a museum. From 150 submissions, a shortlist of 13 architects was invited to prepare schemes, and this was further whittled down to six finalists who would submit detailed proposals.
In 1994, Herzog & de Meuron were not the starchitects they are today, and had the Tates
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