Heritage group lays into £30m National Gallery revamp

By Tom Lowe2022-09-01T07:26:00

Group voices “grave concerns” over controversial £30m proposals to remodel grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing

Campaign group the Twentieth Century Society has voiced its “grave concerns” over controversial proposals to remodel the grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery.

C20 said the £30m plans, by New York practice Selldorf Architects, will cause “substantial and unjustifiable” harm to the building which famously won Prince Charles’ approval after the heir to the throne described earlier proposals by ABK as a “carbuncle”.

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