Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, Hampshire

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Aspex Gallery
Designer Glenn Howells Architects, London, England, United Kingdom
Location Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Date 2006 to 2006
Building Type Art Gallery
Construction System Brick
Climate Mild Temperate
Context waterfront Portsmouth Harbor
Builder Brymor Contractors Ltd.
Street Address Gunwharf Quays (Vulcan Building's south wing) Walk Score
Notes Vulcan Building: constructed in 1814 as a naval storehouse. Glenn Howells Architects converted south wing, which had been closed since 1955, into Aspex Gallery.

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Building Details
Client Aspex Gallery, Visual Arts Trust
Cost £650,000
Awards Royal Institute of British Architects Design Award 2007, South.
Other Details Red brick, grey lintels. North wing and clock tower burned during 1941 blitz, then rebuilt by developer Berkeley Homes.





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