The Victoria and Albert Museum's new Exhibition Road Quarter was designed by Amanda Levete and her practice, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.uk.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">AL_A</a>.
The Victoria and Albert Museum's new Exhibition Road Quarter was designed by Amanda Levete and her practice, AL_A.
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The new Sackler Courtyard is the world's first all-porcelain public courtyard, paved with 11,000 handmade porcelain tiles.
The new Sackler Courtyard is the world's first all-porcelain public courtyard, paved with 11,000 handmade porcelain tiles.
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The project is the museum's largest architectural intervention in over 100 years.<br />
The project is the museum's largest architectural intervention in over 100 years.
Hufton + Crow
The new Sainsbury Gallery provides the V&A with a purpose-built space for its temporary exhibitions.<br />
The new Sainsbury Gallery provides the V&A with a purpose-built space for its temporary exhibitions.
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The project took six years to realize.
The project took six years to realize.
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The new courtyard was intended as a meeting point, public square and museum entrance.
The new courtyard was intended as a meeting point, public square and museum entrance.
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Almost 800,000 cubic feet of earth (99% of which was recycled and reused for landscaping) was excavated to make way for the new subterranean gallery.
Almost 800,000 cubic feet of earth (99% of which was recycled and reused for landscaping) was excavated to make way for the new subterranean gallery.
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