The National Gallery has picked US architect Selldorf Architects to upgrade Venturi Scott Brown’s grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing ahead of its bicentenary.

The New York-based firm beat a raft of UK talent including Stirling Prize winners David Chipperfield, Caruso St John and Witherford Watson Mann as well as Asif Khan, Donald Insall, Publica and David Kohn Architects

Selldorf, whose credits include the Frick, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Luma Arles, is working with Purcell, Vogt Landscape, Arup, AEA Consulting, Pentagram, Kaizen and Kendrick Hobbs.

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