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The most important addition to the building in the late 20th century was the Sainsbury Wing, designed by the postmodernist architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown to house the collection of Renaissance paintings and built in 1991.
Robert Charles Venturi Jr. (June 25, 1925 – September 18, 2018) was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. Together with his wife and partner, Denise Scott Brown , he helped shape the way that architects, planners and students experience and think about architecture and the built environment.
The movement was formally introduced by the architect and urban planner Denise Scott Brown and architectural theorist Robert Venturi in their 1972 book Learning from Las Vegas. The style flourished from the 1980s through the 1990s, particularly in the work of Scott Brown & Venturi, Philip Johnson , Charles Moore and Michael Graves .
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The newest designations are for the Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery, the only work in Britain by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, [13] [14] which was listed in May 2018; and The New House at Wadhurst Park in Sussex, a private house by John Outram for members of the Rausing family, which was listed in July 2020. [15]
Stansted Airport terminal building in Essex, England, designed by Norman Foster. Rebuilt Liverpool Street station in London, designed by Nick Derbyshire, is opened. The Tianjin Radio and Television Tower in Tianjin, China is completed. The Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London, designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, is ...
National Gallery Sainsbury Wing: Trafalgar Square WC2: Public art gallery: Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Associates: 1988–1991: ... Concrete-framed building:
August – Removal of non-structural columns in a refurbishment of the Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery reveals a note from the building's sponsor John, Lord Sainsbury (d. 2022) indicating that he disagreed with the building's original architects (Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, 1991) over their inclusion in the first place. [2]