Open Eye Gallery at 19 Mann Island on the Liverpool waterfront is a purpose-built home for photography. The infobox lists RCKa as architect, and the article says nothing more about the design. The gallery was founded in 1977 as a charity, and its archive began in 1980. The article names no client, style, materials or dimensions.
The current building opened in 2011 and is the gallery's fourth site, after Whitechapel, Bold Street and Wood Street. Exhibition space fills one floor and the archive another. The archive holds about 1,600 prints from more than 100 photographers, mainly portraits and documentary work.
Large graphic installations cover the exterior. A Stonehenge replica in the foyer served as a performance setting in summer 2018. The article gives no hours.
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