David Kohn Architects has refurbished a series of galleries in London's V&A to create a new photography centre that houses the museum's sensitive collection.
The V&A Photography Centre spans three galleries and contains artworks and artefacts documenting photography from its invention to the present day.

Glass cases either side of the doorway on the entrance landing hold 140 cameras, visually documenting this time frame. Inside the exhibition space photographs, negatives, archive materials and the personal belongings of notable photographers are on display in various settings.
London-based practice David Kohn Architects gently intervened to update the way that the museum's collection was displayed and tease out the links between photography and architecture.
"The most rewarding part has been spending time with a world class curatorial team, lead by senior curator, Martin Barnes, and learning about the history of photography," David Kohn told Dezeen.
"A project like this is a wonderful education and in a subject I am passionate about."

A wood-panelled "dark tent" area holds a multimedia projection screen under a tented grey roof, with concertina sides and a sliding door. Like the travelling dark rooms of the 19th century, the tented room can be screen off to create a cinema-style lecture area.
Gabled glass display cases were conceived of as a "miniature houses", and can be reconfigured if the museum decides to change the lay...