Millbank Millennium Pier, which located in front of Tate Britain at Millbank, has been designed by the renowned husband-wife architects David Marks and Julia Barfield, or Marks Barfield. The pier breaks new ground in the design of passenger piers. It connects Tate Britain, Tate Modern and the Saatchi Gallery, all located on the banks of the Thames River, by boat. Consequently the Millbank Millennium Pier’s aesthetic appearance was a critical requirement and the design treats it as a functional floating sculpture formed of faceted steel plates.

Already reviewed as the, “most radical landing stage ever built in Britain” by the Independent Review, the whole idea of Millbank Millennium Pier has been rethought and refined in this design. The design is highly original both aesthetically and in its engineering. The innovations have been developed in response to the pier’s functional requirements, a tight budget and to provide users and onlookers with a stunning visual experience. Marks Barfield is the architects who was also designed the well-known BA London Eye that can be seen, neatly on axis, from the Millbank Millennium Pier’s gangplank.

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