New South Wales
The new Sydney Modern building designed by SANAA is the centrepiece of the once-in-a-generation transformation of the Art Gallery of NSW on Gadigal Country overlooking Sydney Harbour.
Architectus played a key role as Executive Architect, supporting SANAA. Architectus’ urban planning team were key in securing approval of the State Significant Development Application. SANAA’s concept responds to the beauty of the project site, with interlocking pavilions that reach out to the city, The Domain and Royal Botanic Gardens as they cascade towards the harbour.
The pavilions double exhibition space and create new outdoor public spaces for everyone to enjoy. The expansion has a 6-star Green Star design rating, incorporating the latest technology aligned with environmental, economic and social sustainability goals, including repurposing a former WWII fuel tank as a spectacular art space.
By integrating art, architecture and landscape, the design has delivered an art museum experience distinctive to Sydney.
The Art Gallery of NSW Sydney Modern building is an important transformation of a flagship cultural institution into a two-building art museum. The SANAA-designed public building significantly increases exhibition space and has created exciting new opportunities for people to engage with art.
The new building brings together architecture, art and landscape in a spectacular new way with dynamic galleries and site-specific commissions by leading artists as well as extensive outdoor civic spaces for everyone to enjoy.
A global design team led by SANAA with Architectus as executive architect has delivered the city’s most significant cultural development in half a century.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
