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Selldorf Architects reveals £30m plans for National Gallery

By 2022-02-18T07:00:00

Illustration of how the outdoor space outside the Sainsbury Wing and on Trafalgar Square could look like on completion. © Selldorf

Source: Selldorf, 2022

Proposals to revamp Venturi Scott Brown’s Sainsbury Wing go out for consultation next month

Selldorf Architects has revealed its plans to reconfigure the National Gallery ahead of its 200th anniversary.

The practice beat a starry shortlist of David Chipperfield Architects, Caruso St John, Witherford Watson Mann, Asif Khan, Donald Insall, Publica and David Kohn Architects to land the job in July last year.

The brief was focused on making the gallery more welcoming and let the winning practice loose on Venturi Scott Brown’s grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing as well as its 19th-century neighbour.

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