{"id":35425,"date":"2023-01-24T16:46:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T16:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35425"},"modified":"2023-01-24T16:46:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T16:46:14","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-controversial-remodel-of-ngl-gi-sainsbury-wing-gets-green-light-from-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35425","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (global) doorstep\u2019: Controversial remodel of NGL GI Sainsbury Wing gets green light from council"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=25877784\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35426\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/National_Gallery_London_2013_March_Morio_Commons_Wikimedia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Plans to make the Grade I (GI)-listed museum wing of London\u2019s National Gallery (NGL) more accessible and sustainable &#8211; described by some as \u2018ill-judged\u2019 and \u2018insensitive\u2019 &#8211; have been approved by Westminster planning committee, reports <em>The Art Newspaper.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=25877784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">By Morio<\/a> &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,\u00a0 Commons Wikimedia<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026councillors yesterday unanimously backed a resolution to grant a full planning and listed building application\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>The Art Newspaper<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Westminster city councillors yesterday unanimously backed a resolution to grant a full planning and listed building application from the National Gallery. The decision allows the museum\u2019s leadership to forge ahead with a controversial \u00a335m proposal to radically remodel the entrance of the Sainsbury Wing of the museum in Trafalgar Square&#8230; The proposals were granted during a council sub-committee with just four local councillors in attendance\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The current proposals, critics say, could result in damaging losses to the unique architecture of the Sainsbury Wing\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution was passed despite the intervention of eight past presidents of the Royal Institute for British Architecture (RIBA)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Writing in <em>The Art Newspaper<\/em>, the architecture critic Hugh Pearman said the planned new entrance to the Sainsbury Wing would result in \u2018drastic and irreversible changes\u2019 to the building\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, The National Gallery said the new plans \u201cwill foster sustainability and provide a more inspiring experience for our millions of visitors every year&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2022\/11\/30\/controversial-remodel-of-national-gallery-londons-sainsbury-wing-gets-green-light-from-city-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to make the Grade I (GI)-listed museum wing of London\u2019s National Gallery (NGL) more accessible and sustainable &#8211; described by some as \u2018ill-judged\u2019 and \u2018insensitive\u2019 &#8211; have been approved by Westminster planning committee, reports The Art Newspaper. image: for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35425\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35427,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35425\/revisions\/35427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}