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Tate Modern Museum. The Tate Modern museum is located in the city of London in the United Kingdom and it was built between 1998 and 2000. The architects who designed it were Herzog & de Meuron, a firm created in 1978 by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The Tate Modern Museum was built in the ancient Bankside Power Plant that was shut down in 1981. This is a building dominated by a 99 meterhigh chimney, visible from much of inner London, and overlooking the Thames River. The Tate Gallery purchased the building in 1994 and organized a competition won by these architects to make this museum. They decided to preserve the space of the former Turbine Hall as the entrance area, and opted to keep the rough, industrial qualities of the building, and provided 10.000m2 of exhibition space on the Thames side of the building. The floor surface was made alternating polished concrete and rough-cut wood, and many viewpoints which allow visitors to place themselves between the Thames River and the Turbine Hall. It has a fluorescent lighting scheme that is often put as the building’s only fault. To me, the Tate Modern Museum is one of London’s most beautiful and interesting buildings. I believe the architects chose well by keeping part of the ancient structure and adding many modern aspects to it. The whole interior is very well designed for its purpose and it really makes the visitors feel in a modern space, while the outside is well adjusted to the aspect of the city. media type="file" key="writing 3.mp3"