London's National Portrait Gallery reopens this week, in one of the most highly anticipated relaunches of the year. The popular cultural attraction, set right in the heart of the capital, has been reimagined by a team led by Jamie Fobert Architects and conservation specialist Purcell, with a new design that sees the institution's previously increasingly unfit quarters opened up in a generous and subtly luxurious new home.
'This is a public institution that now feels as well designed as a members’ club,' said architect and studio head Jamie Fobert at the gallery's preview tour. 'Hopefully, we have now achieved a much better balance between the building and its collection.'
