New SouthwarkSouthwark contains many beautiful examples of 20th- and 21st-century architecture including imaginative re-development of former warehouses and factories for residential and studio use. Alongside the wharfs and warehouses of the 1920s and 30s are contemporary pieces designed as part of the redevelopment and regeneration of Southwark.
MILLENNIUM BRIDGE
Linking the north and south banks of the River Thames from St Paul's Cathedral to the Tate Modern.
The Queen celebrated in 2000 the linking of the two oldest parts of London, Bankside and the City, via the first pedestrian-only bridge ever to have spanned the river. Re-opened after a ‘wobbly’ start, the bridge was designed by sculptor Anthony Caro and architect Sir Norman Foster. It is London’s first new bridge in 100 years and offers those crossing spectacular views and a welcome escape from cars and buses.
"The Bridge will be lit at night to form a blade of light across the Thames." Sir Norman Foster.
 www.arup.com/millenniumbridge/
NEW GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY BUILDING City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, SE1 2AA
 Southwark, London Bridge, Tower Hill  London Bridge  42 47 78 381 RV1
The architect Norman Foster’s visionary design for a site on the south bank of the River Thames, opposite the Tower of London, is since July 2002 home to the London Mayor and the Greater London Authority.
At the heart of the new building there is a debating chamber which the public is able to look down into. A spiralling walkway leads to a rooftop viewing platform, London's Living Room, which is open to the piublic on selcted wekends. Click here to find out when you can visit.
www.london.gov.uk
TATE MODERN 25 Sumner Street, SE1 020 7887 8888
Southwark, London Bridge London Bridge 45 63 100 149 172 P11 RV1
Tate Modern at Bankside, opened in May 2000 by HM the Queen, attracts 5.25 million visitors per year. Southwark Council supported the £134 million conversion from a disused power station into the spectacular new gallery, which houses the national collection of world-wide contemporary and modern art.
www.tate.org.uk
SOUTHWARK GATEWAY London Bridge, SE1
London Bridge London Bridge 17 21 35 40 43 47 48 133 141 149 343 381 P11 RV1
Southwark gateway marks the historic threshold between Southwark and the City of London. A 16-metre needle pinpoints and celebrates this new public space. Formed from 24 Portland stone blocks, the needle is held together by stainless steel tensioned rods.
ST OLAF HOUSE Tooley Street, SE1
London Bridge London Bridge 17 21 35 40 43 47 48 133 141 149 343 381 P11 RV1
St Olaf House and the headquarters of Hay’s Wharf Company were designed by H S Goodhart-Rendel in the late 1920s. They are clad in Portland stone and decorated with jazz works of art. The façade facing the river has sculptured panels by Frank Dobson and the wooden lettering of Hay’s Wharf. The buildings stand on columns above the ground to allow access to the river, needed when there was still much trade on the waterfront.
THE CIRCLE Queen Elizabeth Street, SE1
Tower Hill, London Bridge, Bermondsey London Bridge 42 47 78 188 343 381 P11 RV1
The Circle stands out dramatically from the surrounding buildings by virtue of its cobalt blue façade. This apartment building was designed by CZWG Architects, and its name derives from the circular courtyard. The decor of the façade is continued with diagonal glazing bars on the windows and curved parapets on the street elevations.
SOUTHWARK UNDERGROUND STATION The Cut, SE1
Southwark Waterloo, Waterloo East 45 63 100 172 P11
Southwark Underground station is a new station built as part of the Jubilee Line extension. Designed by McCormac Jamieson Pritchard, the station entrance has a glazed lantern in the centre of a domed roof. A bright ticket hall leads passengers down to the platforms. The design evokes the style of Charles Holden who designed many North London stations in the 1930s. Other Jubilee Line stations in Southwark are London Bridge, Bermondsey and Canada Water.
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