Born in controversy, the National Gallery wing was a lesson in throwing away the architects' rulebook. Now plans to remodel it threaten its quirky splendour The Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London, tucked into a corner of Trafalgar Square, which opened in 1991, is a building like no other. The galleries on its upper level, containing works by Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Piero della Francesca and other masters of the Italian renaissance, achieve a widely admired combination of ser...
Born in controversy, the National Gallery wing was a lesson in throwing away the architects' rulebook. Now plans to remodel it threaten its quirky splendour The Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London, tucked into a corner of Trafalgar Square, which opened in 1991, is a building like no other. The galleries on its upper level, containing works by Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Piero della Francesca and other masters of the Italian renaissance, achieve a widely admired combination of ser...
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