Dundee City Council has granted planning permission for the Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) Dundee satellite after plans for the museum were modified. The building was resited to ensure it did not exceed its £45m budget.
The Kengo Kuma-designed museum will now sit on the shoreline of the river Tay, rather then extend into the water as originally planned.
“The projected date for the main fabric of the building to be in place is the end of 2015,” said Philip Long, director of the V&A at Dundee. “Its completion, the interior fit-out and installation of the first exhibitions and displays will follow throughout 2016.”
He said he hoped the museum would play a key role in Dundee’s bid to become the UK City of Culture 2017.
The Kengo Kuma-designed museum will now sit on the shoreline of the river Tay, rather then extend into the water as originally planned.
“The projected date for the main fabric of the building to be in place is the end of 2015,” said Philip Long, director of the V&A at Dundee. “Its completion, the interior fit-out and installation of the first exhibitions and displays will follow throughout 2016.”
He said he hoped the museum would play a key role in Dundee’s bid to become the UK City of Culture 2017.