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THE NEW QUEEN'S GALLERY, BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The New Portico View of the new building from Buckingham Palace Road The new Entrance Hall The new sculpture at the entrance to the Galleries The new Stairhall The new Pennethorne Gallery The new Chambers Gallery The new Nash Gallery The new Nash Gallery Gallery vestibule View of the new building from the palace gardens
Detail of the Garden Façade The Royal Kitchens The new Lecture Hall The new Pennethorne Gallery The Upper Landing of The Stair Hall View looking into the new Entrance Hall Detail of the raised stone trigliph on the new entrance Portico. Ceiling of Entrance Portico showing solid oak roof structure and panels detailed Detail of central plaster lotus flower in the oculus of the dome of the new Lecture Theatre Detail of the bronze newel at the foot of the new stair in the Stair Hall View of the ticket desks in the new Entrance Hall
THE NEW PORTICO
The New Portico

The addition of the Queen’s Gallery is the largest building intervention at Buckingham Palace since the great ballroom was built for Queen Victoria in the 1830’s.

The Palace is one of London’s most prominent landmarks and is a building which is central to Britain’s national identity and a focal point for tourism.

The new Queen’s Gallery was built to mark the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in 2002. The new gallery does not merely replace the former gallery built in 1962 but is an entirely new development providing almost four times as much gallery space as before in a new complex of rooms. This establishes a major new centre for the visual arts in the heart of London which is provided with the most up-to-date museological services for the conservation and display of works of art of all kinds. The new building has been built in Portland and Bath stone and provides a new entrance Portico to the Palace off Buckingham Palace Road. It has been designed within the same tradition as the historic building, thus maintaining the continuity and tradition of the Palace.

The building was opened by H M Queen Elizabeth II in May 2002. The project received a number of awards, including the Royal Institute of British Architects award, 2003, The Royal Fine Arts Commission Building of the Year award, 2003 and the Best Modern Classical building, 2004 from the Georgian Group.

The official website for The New Queen's Gallery

 

 

 

 
The New Portico View of the new building from Buckingham Palace Road The new Entrance Hall The new sculpture at the entrance to the Galleries The new Stairhall The new Pennethorne Gallery The new Chambers Gallery The new Nash Gallery The new Nash Gallery Gallery vestibule View of the new building from the palace gardens
Detail of the Garden Façade The Royal Kitchens The new Lecture Hall The new Pennethorne Gallery The Upper Landing of The Stair Hall View looking into the new Entrance Hall Detail of the raised stone trigliph on the new entrance Portico. Ceiling of Entrance Portico showing solid oak roof structure and panels detailed Detail of central plaster lotus flower in the oculus of the dome of the new Lecture Theatre Detail of the bronze newel at the foot of the new stair in the Stair Hall View of the ticket desks in the new Entrance Hall
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