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3 de out. de 2018 · Venturi Scott Brown's 1991 design for the Sainsbury Wing was a sophisticated and creative response to the conflicting demands of context, modernism, and program. It was a seminal work of Postmodernism that challenged the dogmatic and totalitarian views of both traditionalists and neo-Modernists.
- Adam Nathaniel Furman
The Sainsbury Wing is a modern extension to the National Gallery in London, opened in 1991 by Queen Elizabeth II. It was funded by the Sainsbury brothers and designed by Robert Venturi, and it houses the Gallery's collection of early Renaissance paintings in a series of galleries inspired by Italian churches.
24 de nov. de 2023 · Learn how Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and John Rauch created the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery, a postmodern masterpiece that integrates with the existing structure and challenges modernist conventions. Discover the design philosophy, spatial innovation, and legacy of this architectural marvel.
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The building of the National Gallery in London, designed by architect Williams Wilkins in 1832-1838, has seen many upgrades over the years to accommodate its rich collection of artworks. Originally exposed Italian ando Dutch art works, but gradually increased its collection with works of modern art. One of the most recognized expansions, the Sainsb...
The main entrance of the Sainsbury Wing is located in the northern part of the famous Trafalgar Square, near WhitCom Street, London, England.
The Sainsbury Wing was projected to add more square meters to the original building of the National Gallery work 1838, adding more exhibition space, in this case to Renaissance art works.
The addition of the Sainsbury Wing, one of the most important carried to the gallery, endowed it with 16 new rooms, approximately 15.000m2, on the main floor and one in the basement levels. The building has 3 levels above ground and two underground featuring conference rooms, a theater with 300 seats, restaurant, expanded museum shop and interactiv...
Venturi has used the same Portland stone in the main facade that facades lining the Wilkins building, in others uses brick or glass. Inside the rooms are decorated in keeping the permanent collection that store, wooden floors combined with the light colors of the walls. The temperature and humidity are automatically controlled by computers for bett...
- Trafalgar Square, London, England
The Sainsbury Wing built by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, in association with Sheppard Robson Architects in 1991 on the only unbuilt site on London's Trafalger Square connects to and reflects the original National Gallery (built by William Wilkins in 1838) while maintaining its own contemporary identity.
19 de jan. de 2015 · The National Gallery was built in 1832-8 to house the Angerstein Collection. In 1991 a new wing opened on the site of a former furniture store that was destroyed during the Second World War.
19 de jun. de 2018 · A oposição pós-moderna a esse espírito de coesão universal, de uma solução singular universal aplicável a todos os projetos, uma posição compartilhada por modernistas e revivalistas, foi incorporada arquitetonicamente em sua melhor forma e, pela primeira vez em escala cívica, na Ala Sainsbury.
