What will the new development provide?

View of the Turbine Hall North-South route © Tate

A spectacular new building by Herzog & de Meuron will be developed adjoining the south side of Tate Modern, which will increase its overall size by 60%, creating 23,400m of new space.

This will provide:

• New kinds of galleries to house works from Tate's growing collection.
  
  
• Spaces to show new areas of contemporary visual culture.
  
  
• New galleries for major exhibitions.
  
  
• A new performance venue.
  
  
• A sequence of superb new education spaces unmatched anywhere in the world.
  
  
• Spaces designed specifically by young people for young people.
  
  
• Areas specially designed for families.
  
  
• Additional facilities for Tate Members.
  
  
• More restaurants and cafés.
  
  
• Two new public squares for London on the south and west of the building.

The project will also include a number of improvements to the existing Tate Modern building.

The new building will also play a key role in the development of London's new cultural quarter on the South Bank, which comprises over 20 cultural organisations between the London Eye and the Design Museum.

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