V&A Storehouse – Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Austin-Smith:Lord, the V&A East Storehouse at Here East in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park reimagines museum storage as an open, public experience. Housed within a repurposed Olympic media and broadcast centre, the project is a key example of adaptive reuse, transforming a legacy structure from the 2012 Games into a major cultural destination.
Rather than concealing its collections, the Storehouse brings them into full view, granting access to over 250,000 objects, 350,000 books, and 1,000 archives. A monumental central hall turns the idea of “back of house” inside out, allowing visitors to encounter everything from delicate curiosities to large-scale architectural fragments, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kaufmann office and a reconstructed 15th-century Spanish ceiling.
Opened in 2025 as part of the East Bank cultural district, the Storehouse offers a radical model of transparency, where conservation, research, and exhibition unfold in real time. It positions the museum not just as a place to display history, but as an active, living archive embedded within the evolving urban fabric of post-Olympic London.
