Exhibition Road
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Exhibition Road is a street in South Kensington, London, forming a semi-border between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster. It is named after the Great Exhibition of 1851 held in Hyde Park to the north, and forms a central part of the area known as Albertopolis.
The road runs between South Kensington tube station and the location of the exhibition in the park. It is bordered towards the south by several major museums, including the Natural History Museum (incorporating the former Geological Museum), the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Science Museum. The main entrance of Imperial College London is also located here on the western side of the road. Further north is the Royal Geographical Society on Kensington Gore at Alexandra Gate, one of the southern entrances to Hyde Park. The London Goethe Institute and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse are to be found on the eastern side of Exhibition Road.
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The Exhibition Road Project is a plan by the local authority, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, to improve the street's design to reflect its cultural importance.[1] Following a design competition held in 2003, a scheme was devised by the architectural firm Dixon and Jones,[2] which also looks at surrounding streets. The aim is to discourage through traffic and give pedestrians greater priority over any remaining traffic. It follows the shared space concept as advocated by Hans Monderman.[3] The project also seeks to improve the artistic and architectural merit of the streetscape,[4] and clearly draws inspiration from the work of Gordon Cullen's Townscape. The scheme has a completion date of 2012 to coincide with the 2012 London Olympics.[5]
[edit] See also
- Albertopolis
- Cromwell Gardens
- Cromwell Road
- Museum Lane
- Museum Mile
- Thurloe Place
- Prince Consort Road
[edit] References
- ^ The Exhibition Road Project Official Site
- ^ "Albertopolis: 2012 Map of Dixon Jones scheme". RIBA. http://www.architecture.com/LibraryDrawingsAndPhotographs/Albertopolis/ExploringSouthKensington/SouthKensingtonFromAbove/2012Map.aspx/. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ^ Rowan Moore: Exhibition Road, London – review, in The Guardian, 29 January 2012
- ^ "The Exhibition Road Project". RBKC. http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/exhibitionroad/. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
- ^ "Albertopolis: 2012 Architect's impressions". RIBA. http://www.architecture.com/LibraryDrawingsAndPhotographs/Albertopolis/ExploringSouthKensington/SouthKensingtonFromAbove/2012Architects.aspx/. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
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- Albertopolis: South Kensington from above History, architecture and future plans, from the Royal Institute of British Architects
- A Vision for Exhibition Road: A Space for the New Century and Exhibition Road Trail from the Victoria and Albert Museum
- Exhibition Road is reborn from the Evening Standard, dated 27 March 2008
- Exhibition Road Cultural Group Activities and cultural events
- Road users mingle in naked scheme from the BBC, dated 6 January 2005
Coordinates: 51°29′56.3″N 0°10′27.3″W / 51.498972°N 0.17425°W
