Rivington Place
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Rivington Place was built by Iniva
and Autograph ABP as the major visual arts centre in Shoreditch
, London
, to reflect and promote cultural diversity in the visual arts.
The building was designed by leading architect David Adjaye
and opened to the public on 5 October 2007. It cost £8 million to complete and is the first publicly funded build of its kind since The Hayward Gallery opened more than 40 years ago.
On its five floors with altogether 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²), Rivington Place houses exhibition spaces, the offices of Iniva and Autograph ABP and also the Stuart Hall Library, a reference library for research into diversity and the visual arts. It also has a cafe. It is a free public gallery.
InIVA
Iniva is the Institute of International Visual Art, an arts institution that represents artists, curators and writers. It consists of exhibition spaces and the Stuart Hall Library, and together with Autograph ABP is housed in Rivington Place, a visual arts centre in Shoreditch, in the heart of...
and Autograph ABP as the major visual arts centre in Shoreditch
Shoreditch
Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney in England. It is a built-up part of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located east-northeast of Charing Cross.-Etymology:...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, to reflect and promote cultural diversity in the visual arts.
The building was designed by leading architect David Adjaye
David Adjaye
David Adjaye OBE is a British architect.-Early life:David Adjaye was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The son of a Ghanaian diplomat who has lived in Tanzania, Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon before moving to Britain at the age of nine, he led a privileged life and was privately educated...
and opened to the public on 5 October 2007. It cost £8 million to complete and is the first publicly funded build of its kind since The Hayward Gallery opened more than 40 years ago.
On its five floors with altogether 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²), Rivington Place houses exhibition spaces, the offices of Iniva and Autograph ABP and also the Stuart Hall Library, a reference library for research into diversity and the visual arts. It also has a cafe. It is a free public gallery.