National Gallery to launch competition for £375m expansion

By Tom Lowe2025-09-09T10:49:00

Source: The National Gallery, London

New wing at Charing Cross site envisaged to be gallery’s largest transformation since its foundation 200 years ago

The National Gallery is launching an architectural competition for what it describes as the most significant transformation in its 200-year history.

The museum has unveiled plans to build a £375m new wing on the last part of its Charing Cross campus, a 1960s building called St Vincent House which sits directly behind the Sainsbury Wing.

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