The National Gallery has been a repeat client for whom we have worked on a range of projects including education facilities, gallery spaces and a new security gatehouse. Most recently we were commissioned to refurbish the Lower Galleries: a sequence of five spaces below the Gallery’s main floor and next to the Central Hall. The project is the most significant modern intervention at the Gallery since the 2001 Annenberg Court and East Wing development. High quality materials are used throughout as befits a collection of international standing. Honed black granite, oak, and bronze are carefully detailed to echo the historic galleries above while also chiming with the modern Annenberg Court. Lighting, environmental control and finishes were all carefully coordinated with the requirements of the Gallery’s curatorial staff. The Lower Galleries project has been shortlisted for the Architects Journal’s Retrofit Awards 2012. “I think Wright & Wright are a very good company. I have been using them for years as part of our framework and they have always performed extremely well. We talk a very similar language.” Charles Ross Head of Buildings and Facilities, The National Gallery