We're in the money Tate Britain on the new £20 note

Caruso St John Architects' design for the rotunda staircase at Tate Britain is referenced in a security feature on the new JMW Turner £20 note, which entered circulation this week.

Tate Britain holds the world's largest collection of works by Turner, including the 1799 self-portrait reproduced on the back of the note.

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Tate Britain, Millbank Project has won a RIBA National Award in addition to the RIBA London Award and the RIBA English Heritage Award for Sustaining the Historic Environment.

Award

RIBA Awards

Tate Britain, Millbank Project has won a RIBA London Award as well as the RIBA English Heritage Award for Sustaining the Historic Environment.

Opening

Tate Britain, Millbank Project

London, United Kingdom

Caruso St John's project for Tate Britain opens to the public. The project includes a new spiral staircase in the rotunda, public spaces on the lower level, and new facilities for Tate members on the upper level. The first phase of the project, focusing on the restoration of galleries in the South East Quadrant, opened in May 2013.

Audience Award

Architekturpreis des Kantons Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland

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The Foundation for the Recognition of Good Buildings in the Canton of Zurich has awarded the Swiss Life Arena the 2025 Audience Award for exemplary buildings in the canton.

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Open City

Open House Festival

London, United Kingdom

12th September 2025

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The St Pancras Campus in Camden is being opened up to the public as part of this year’s Open House Festival. Guided tours will take place on Saturday the 12th of September between 10am and 5pm.

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Award

Architecture Book of the Year
Caruso St John, Collected Works, Volume 2

London, United Kingdom

10th December 2024

The second volume of Caruso st John's Collected Works has received a commendation in the 2024 Architecture Book of the Year awards. Read the judges' report below.

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Exhibition design

OMARA Mara Oláh
DIKH OMARA

Zurich, Switzerland

2nd October – 9th November 2024

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Studio Caruso at ETH Zurich has designed the latest exhibition for gta exhibitions, the first comprehensive retrospective of OMARA Mara Oláh to be staged in Switzerland.

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Film

Archi Urbain: Royale Belge

Brussels, Belgium

25th March 2024

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A feature-length documentary on the history and renovation of the Royale Belge building will be premiered in the building's auditorium.

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Victory!

ZSC Lions win Swiss National Hockey League

Zurich, Switzerland

30th April 2024

The ZSC Lions have been crowned champions of the Swiss National Hockey League after defeating rivals Lausanne HC in front of a home crowd at the Swiss Life Arena.

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Caruso St John have previously collaborated with the artist Rachel Whiteread, together with Marcus Taylor, on proposals for the Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Park Gardens.

Recently, Rachel Whiteread made a cast in concrete of the steel staircase designed by the practice at the Gagosian Gallery, Kings Cross. The gallery in Kings Cross opened in 2004, and closed last year after moving to Mayfair.

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Awards

Royal Belge wins at MIPIM

Cannes, France

14th March 2024

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Royale Belge has won plaudits at the annual MIPIM real estate fair in Cannes. The project was shortlisted in two categories at the MIPIM Awards, Best Conversion and Best Mixed-use, and triumphed in both.

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At this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Caruso St John are showing a design for a small pavilion, together with a self-portrait by Gary Hume. The project is the result of a dialogue with the artist, where the pavilion was designed to show the painting.

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