White Cube

The 5440 m² warehouse has been converted to provide exhibition spaces, warehousing, private viewing rooms, an auditorium and a bookshop.

A new freestanding steel structure has been inserted into the brick warehouse and a new concrete slab capable of taking up to 100kN in any one place was laid.

The double-height ground floor has a straightforward plan with galleries orientated off a long central ‘street’ that follows the axis of the building, from the entrance at the front to the back, where there is a small auditorium for showing video works.

To the north of the street, open-plan, smaller galleries are used to showcase the work of emerging artists, while the larger galleries to the south are for more established names. There is also a white 9 x 9 x 9-metre cube, top-lit by daylight, in which work can be hung from above or exhibited on the walls.

The building is divided 50:50 between gallery and office space, a second story, which runs the length of the building containing the later.