Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum has been commissioned to supply tiles for the floor, wall and roof of the courtyard and café at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. This will be the first courtyard in the United Kingdom to be clad with porcelain tiles.

The ‘Exhibition Road Building Project’ includes a splendid new entrance to the museum, a superb courtyard and extra galleries for the temporary exhibitions.

With its creation of a new entrance, courtyard and specially-built underground gallery for temporary exhibitions, the Exhibition Road project will present the best of modern design, as well as the beauty of the original structure of the V&A. Following a comprehensive international competition, Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A) were engaged for the design and subsequently contacted us.

This will be the first courtyard in the United Kingdom to be tiled in porcelain. This choice of material is a specific response to the original building and the collections, which include numerous striking examples of 19th-century decorated ceramics. The courtyard will be used as a place for installations and events and will be served by a glass-fronted café.

Building started in January 2014 and the new sections will be opened to the public in early 2017.

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