Exhibition Road Courtyard

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The Exhibition Road Courtyard (named as Sackler Courtyard between 2017 and 2022) is a public courtyard that serves as an entrance to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It is part of the V&A Exhibition Road Quarter entrance and expansion of the museum, completed in 2017 and designed by architectural practice AL_A, the firm of architect Amanda Levete. The courtyard opens out onto the street (Exhibition Road) through a perforated entrance gate.

It is made of 11,000 handmade tiles, a reference to the V&A's heritage as a world-leader in ceramic study, collection and preservation. It is the world's first porcelain public courtyard, and special non-slip porcelain tiles had to be created for the project. The courtyard also features a cafe, and an oculus that gives a view down into the new performance hall of the museum below.