V&A Exhibition Road Extension in South Kensington, London

April 20, 2011 Category: Cultural, Public Buildings

V&A Exhibition Road Extension that located in South Kensington, London, was designed by Amanda Levete Architects. AL_A has been awarded the Exhibition Road expansion project at the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, London. The practice’s precise 1,500 sq m composition will overlay an underground gallery for temporary exhibitions beneath an open public courtyard.

The Museum is looking to complete the project by 2015 following the cancellation of Daniel Libeskind’s highly controversial design in 2004. Splitting the critics, Libeskind’s concept was repeatedly compared to a stack of cardboard boxes. Levete’s sleeker, more refined composition is likely to cost £35m half of which has already been donated by an anonymous benefactor.

V&A Exhibition Road Extension design by Amanda Levete Architects