Henry Cole Wing of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The building was originally constructed as the School of Naval Architecture in 1871 but has also been known as the Royal College of Science, and Huxley Building before its current reincarnation.In 1978 the building was converted to house the Department of Prints, Drawings & Photographs of the V&A and renamed the Henry Cole Building. Henry Cole was the first director of the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A).