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The Hepworth Wakefield: Exterior · A view across the River Calder towards the Hepworth, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
1/7 · Exterior · A view across the River Calder towards the Hepworth, Wakefield, West YorkshirePhoto: Mtaylor848 · CC0 · source
The Hepworth Wakefield: Exterior · A view across the River Calder towards the Hepworth, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
2/7 · Exterior · A view across the River Calder towards the Hepworth, Wakefield, West YorkshirePhoto: Mtaylor848 · CC0 · source
The Hepworth Wakefield: Exterior · Barrier on the Calder, next to Hepworth Gallery
3/7 · Exterior · Barrier on the Calder, next to Hepworth GalleryPhoto: John Goldsmith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
The Hepworth Wakefield: Exterior · The Barbara Hepworth Gallery
4/7 · Exterior · The Barbara Hepworth GalleryPhoto: Ron Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
The Hepworth Wakefield: Interior · Inside The Hepworth - the artist's work bench
5/7 · Interior · Inside The Hepworth - the artist's work benchPhoto: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
The Hepworth Wakefield: Context · The Hepworth Wakefield Garden (1)
6/7 · Context · The Hepworth Wakefield Garden (1)Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
The Hepworth Wakefield: Sketch · Sketch by Henry Moore in The Hepworth
7/7 · Sketch · Sketch by Henry Moore in The HepworthPhoto: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · A view across the River Calder towards the Hepworth, Wakefield, West YorkshirePhoto 2: Exterior · A view across the River Calder towards the Hepworth, Wakefield, West YorkshirePhoto 3: Exterior · Barrier on the Calder, next to Hepworth GalleryPhoto 4: Exterior · The Barbara Hepworth GalleryPhoto 5: Interior · Inside The Hepworth - the artist's work benchPhoto 6: Context · The Hepworth Wakefield Garden (1)Photo 7: Sketch · Sketch by Henry Moore in The Hepworth

Museum · Contemporary

The Hepworth Wakefield

David Chipperfield Architects · Wakefield, GB · 2011

Key featuresA cluster of trapezoid blocks in pigmented concrete at the river's edge; each gallery is lit through its sloping roof.

Architect
David Chipperfield Architects
Place
Wakefield, GB
Year
2011
Typology
Museum
Movement
Contemporary
Region
Europe
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