V&A to protect neighbours’ privacy with shrubs

By Hamish Champ2019-06-11T05:00:00

Move at Stratford site follows last year’s row between Tate Modern and Neo Bankside residents

The V&A’s planned outpost in east London is moving to head off a potential row with its new residential neighbours by erecting screening in the form of shrubbery to prevent gallery visitors from being able to peer into flats being built nearby.

Part of the redevelopment of the former London Olympics site, the five-storey museum (pictured) is part of the Stratford Waterfront cultural complex and is due to open in 2023.

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