Chipperfield to Unveil Designs for New Turner Contemporary Art Gallery

David Chipperfield is to unveil new designs for the Turner Contemporary Art Gallery in Margate. Due to be completed by 2010, the project will cost £17.5m be located on land, and not offshore under the previous version of the plans. A central feature of the design will be its ‘incredible window towards the sea’, as Chipperfield has described it.

The new gallery will include a main exhibiting area on the top floor, with another area exclusively for young artists to showcase their work.