"This incredible gift secures the future of the Sainsbury Centre. Foster's vision for the most radical art museum in the world half a century ago is being revitalised for the next generation of visitors."
"The £91.2m renovation by Foster + Partners will involve improvements to the buildings envelope (the outer shell including the foundations, exterior walls, roof, windows and doors), which are expected to halve the amount of energy the museum uses. Photovoltaic panels will also be added to the new roof system, which will provide renewable energy, and renewed solar controlled blinds will"
"David Sainsbury funded the original building of the Sainsbury Centre, on the grounds of the UEA, which cost £4.2m. The 150m-long building, made from an engineered steel space frame, clad in white panels and eight-metre-high glass windows, was groundbreaking for its day and is described on the Sainsbury Centre's website as "more aircraft hanger than conventional museum"."
"The collection is known for the quality of its Modernist art, with works by Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, many of whom became friends of the Sainsbury's. The collection also includes modern ceramics and a large number of cultural objects from Africa, Oceania and the Americas."
The Sainsbury Centre, an art museum in eastern England, received a £91.2m donation from David Sainsbury via his Gatsby charitable foundation. The funds will renovate the grade II* building designed by Norman Foster and completed in 1978. The renovation will improve the building envelope, including foundations, exterior walls, roof, windows, and doors, and is expected to halve the museum’s energy use. Photovoltaic panels will be added to the new roof system to generate renewable energy. Renewed solar-controlled blinds will help manage sunlight and reduce energy demand. David Sainsbury previously funded the original building, and the museum’s collection includes Modernist works by major artists and cultural objects from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
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