17/08/2022
"The proposed Selldorf Architects alterations, glimpsed through a slow drip feed of glossy perspectives, show little understanding of, and certainly no love for, this building." & "Selldorf Architects comes with previous; its major extension works to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego at La Jolla, completed earlier this year, stripped away a locally much-loved Venturi Scott Brown colonnade, truncated the adjacent façade, and re-orientated the entrance to an anonymous rank of metal doors.
Venturi Scott Brown buildings are often adaptable lofts, rich in meaning and texture and able to adapt to changing needs. But let’s not forget this building is Grade I listed and any change must retain and enhance the original. Learn from Bob and Denise. Be bold, but be good." https://architecturetoday.co.uk/learning-from-venturi-scott-brown-the-national-gallerys-sainsbury-wing/
.so not one of mine....phew.
Richard Pain argues that proposed amendments to the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing should take heed of the building’s intrinsic qualities, as well as Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s sophisticated, spirited design. Located on the north-west corner of Trafalgar Square, the Grade I lis...
