"You cannot always start from scratch," Herzog and de Meuron said in their project description. "We think this is the challenge of the Tate Modern as a hybrid of tradition, Art Deco and super modernism: it is a contemporary building, a building for everybody, a building of the 21st century."
Designing the Tate Modern
By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide
Grand Spaces at the Tate Modern
The Tate Modern and the Thames River at sunset
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Critics of the Tate Modern claim that the design of the new museum is counter-productive: instead of celebrating art, it overshadows the collections it contains. However, the artists who have exhibited there praise the cathedral-like space.
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