Residents of London's Neo Bankside residential building?a luxury complex of apartments designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners?have launched a legal bid against the Tate Modern to close one side of a public viewing platform, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and completed in 2016, which overlooks their properties. As reported by the Architects' Journal, "the applicants say that their human rights are being breached due to ?near constant surveillance? from visitors to the neighbouring attraction." The claim goes as far to argue that visitors to the Southbank gallery "constantly view their flats through binoculars, and post photographs and film of their homes on social media sites."

The proximity of the two projects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu
Residents of London's Neo Bankside residential building?a luxury complex of apartments designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners?have launched a legal bid against the Tate Modern to close one side of a public viewing platform, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and completed in 2016, which overlooks their properties. As reported by the Architects' Journal, "the applicants say that their human rights are being breached due to ?near constant surveillance? from visitors to the neighbouring attraction." The claim goes as far to argue that visitors to the Southbank gallery "constantly view their flats through binoculars, and post photographs and film of their homes on social m...