Open City Audio: Deconstructed - 15 January 2026 (Tate Modern: Art and Power)
Resonance FM
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Weekly programmes by Open City. Making architecture and cities more open, accessible, and equitable. Today: Deconstructed. Tate Modern - Art and Power. In this episode Matthew Lloyd Roberts is joined by Christian Dimbleby to discuss Tate Modern, the former power station converted into a gallery for modern art by Herzog & de Meuron at the turn of the millennium. Originally built as Bankside Power Station from 1947 to designs by Giles Gilbert Scott, the discussion ranged from the challenges in transforming infrastructure into cultural spaces and the lasting lessons which can be learned from the conversion.
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