National Gallery expansion plan ‘starting to take shape’

Following the opening of a new ground-floor display space at the National Gallery last month, the institution is considering a much more ambitious project: an extension. It would be built behind the Sainsbury Wing, in a plot now occupied by St Vincent House. This architecturally dull 1960s glass-and-concrete block currently houses gallery offices and is partly rented to outside tenants.Gabriele Finaldi, the National Gallerys director, says that the proposed site offers opportunities for a much-