The Sainsbury Wing galleries of the National Gallery, London, designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. . Image © Matt Wargo/Courtesy of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc.
“Is a museum defined by its collection? Or by its architecture? In The Art Museum in Modern Times, Charles Saumarez Smith suggests it is both and still something more”. Lauren McQuistion, an architectural designer and Ph.D. Candidate in the Constructed Environment at the University of Virginia School of Architecture discusses in her Architect’s Newspaper piece, Saumarez’s book, exploring the notion of a modern museum.
