Following the passing of David Lea (d. 08.04.22), we republish this building study on the Wales Institute for Sustainable Education at CAT by Pat Borer and David Lea, inaugrated June 2010. In AJ 24.06.10 Hattie Hartman found that 'light permeates this building, which merges organically with its surroundings'
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From the archive: Two views on Venturi
Originally published in AJ 13.05.87, this piece by Peter Blundell Jones and Waldemar Januszczak debates the merits of Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates’ designs for the Sainsbury Wing
Working details: Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates’ National Gallery
One of the chief influences on the design of the National Gallery extension was the lighting to the galleries. They appear substantially daylit, but in fact receive less than 1 percent of the daylight available
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