SANAA designs Sydney Modern to be "harmonious with its surroundings"

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning studio SANAA has extended the Art Gallery of New South Wales with a series of pavilions that step down towards Sydney Harbour.
Set to open to the public on 3 December, Sydney Modern is designed to contrast with the existing art gallery's 19th-century neo-classical architecture, with the two buildings connected by a public art garden.
SANAA's Sydney Modern opens to the public this weekend
SANAA aimed for the extension, which is set in a prominent location on a