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London (dpa) - London's Tate Gallery, one of the world's largest museums of modern art, is to expanded by 60 per cent with the addition of a gigantic glass pyramid, the gallery reported Tuesday.
The futuristic extension, totalling 23,000 square metres over 11 storeys, is to be designed by Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron at a cost of 215 million pounds (399 million dollars). It is due for completion by the Olympic Games in London in 2012.
The added exhibition space in the glass pyramid, that will tower over the original Tate building, is meant to keep pace with the growing interest in modern art, said Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota.
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