flexiblefullpage -
billboard - default
interstitial1 - interstitial
catfish1 - bottom
Currently Reading

SANAA wins bid to design new building for Art Gallery of New South Wales

Museums

SANAA wins bid to design new building for Art Gallery of New South Wales

The Japanese duo beat out Renzo Piano in the final decision.


By BD+C Staff | May 28, 2015
SANAA won bid to design new building for Art Gallery of New South Wales

The Sydney Modern Project will add new and expanded spaces for art, live performance, and film, along with spaces to study and participate in cultural programs. Renderings courtesy SANAA

Pritzker Prize-winning practice SANAA was selected to design the Sydney Modern Project together with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Artdaily reports. The firm was selected following an international architectural competition that started in September 2014.

According to Art Gallery of NSW Director Dr. Michael Brand, the jury was unanimous in their decision.

The Tokyo-based firm is currently establishing a presence in Sydney to partner with a local architectural firm, providing SANAA with opportunities to engage with the New South Wales architecture community.

The New South Wales government has provided AU$10.8 million in the state budget to allow the Art Gallery to advance their plans.

According to the Art Gallery’s website, the Sydney Modern Project will “transform an underutilized site to north of the existing Art Gallery of NSW, comprising two grassed concrete platforms. By building to the north, we are preserving one of our two 19th-century facades, protecting our heritage trees, and retaining the Domain’s much-used playing fields.”

Tags

Related Stories

Museums | Jul 20, 2021

ANOHA — The Children’s World of the Jewish Museum Berlin opens

Olson Kundig designed the project.

Museums | Jul 12, 2021

The world’s largest astronomy museum completes in Shanghai

Ennead Architects designed the project.

Museums | Jul 1, 2021

New-York Historical Society Museum & Library expands Central Park West location

Robert A.M. Stern Architects designed the project.

Resiliency | Jun 24, 2021

Oceanographer John Englander talks resiliency and buildings [new on HorizonTV]

New on HorizonTV, oceanographer John Englander discusses his latest book, which warns that, regardless of resilience efforts, sea levels will rise by meters in the coming decades. Adaptation, he says, is the key to future building design and construction.

Museums | Jun 22, 2021

Cleveland’s Natural History museum to break ground on new Exhibit Hall

The added space will organize its artifacts and specimens to show humanity’s connection to science, the planet, and the universe.

Digital Twin | May 24, 2021

Digital twin’s value propositions for the built environment, explained

Ernst & Young’s white paper makes its cases for the technology’s myriad benefits.

Wood | May 14, 2021

What's next for mass timber design?

An architect who has worked on some of the nation's largest and most significant mass timber construction projects shares his thoughts on the latest design trends and innovations in mass timber.

Museums | Apr 27, 2021

GWWO Architects unveils design of the new Niagara Falls Visitor Center

The project will replace the current outdated and cramped facility.

boombox1 - default
boombox2 -
native1 -

More In Category

Cultural Facilities

Multipurpose sports facility will be first completed building at Obama Presidential Center

When it opens in late 2025, the Home Court will be the first completed space on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago. Located on the southwest corner of the 19.3-acre Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, the Home Court will be the largest gathering space on the campus. Renderings recently have been released of the 45,000-sf multipurpose sports facility and events space designed by Moody Nolan.




Museums

Nebraska’s Joslyn Art Museum to reopen this summer with new Snøhetta-designed pavilion

In Omaha, Neb., the Joslyn Art Museum, which displays art from ancient times to the present, has announced it will reopen on September 10, following the completion of its new 42,000-sf Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion. Designed in collaboration with Snøhetta and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, the Hawks Pavilion is part of a museum overhaul that will expand the gallery space by more than 40%.

halfpage1 -

Most Popular Content

  1. 2021 Giants 400 Report
  2. Top 150 Architecture Firms for 2019
  3. 13 projects that represent the future of affordable housing
  4. Sagrada Familia completion date pushed back due to coronavirus
  5. Top 160 Architecture Firms 2021