Shortlist announced for National Gallery new wing designer
The National Gallery has revealed the shortlist of six architectural firms competing to design a new wing. This is part of the museum’s £750 million Project Domani, set to make it “the only place in the world where visitors can view the entire history of painting in the Western tradition.”
As part of the new development, the Gallery launched an international competition for a brand-new wing to house the expanded collection. It received 65 submissions.
On 3rd December, the Gallery announced the shortlist of architects:
- Farshid Moussavi Architecture with Piercy & Company (both UK)
- Foster + Partners (UK)
- Kengo Kuma and Associates (Japan) with BDP (UK) and MICA (UK)
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Italy) with William Matthews Associates (UK) and Adamson Associates (UK)
- Selldorf Architects (USA) with Purcell (UK)
- Studio Seilern Architects (UK) with Donald Insall Associates (UK), Vista Building Safety Ltd (UK) and Ralph Appelbaum Associates (UK)
These will now take part in a design competition, with the winner being appointed by April 2026.
The jury for the design competition is (listed in alphabetical order).
John Booth – Chair, National Gallery Board of Trustees. Chair of the Jury
Céline Condorelli – Artist
Sir Gabriele Finaldi – Director, the National Gallery
Lady Patty Hopkins – Architect, RIBA Gold Medal Winner and former National Gallery Trustee (1998–2006)
Sir John Kingman – Deputy Chair, National Gallery Board of Trustees
Dame Diana Lees – Former Director, The Imperial War Museum
David Marks – Chair, National Gallery Masterplan Committee
This architectural competition is the third stage of the “ambitious masterplan” commissioned by the Gallery in 2018. The wing will be built on the site of the last remaining part of the National Gallery’s current campus, St Vincent House, 30 Orange Street, a property acquired nearly 30 years ago for the purpose of an expanded gallery. It currently houses a hotel and office complex.
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