Art galleries

NOTES: The South Bank Arts Centre, known as the Southbank Centre since 2002, comprises the Royal Festival Hall (completed in 1951), the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room (completed in 1967), and the Hayward Gallery (completed in 1968).

NOTES: Sanssouci was the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Built above a terraced vineyard in 1745-1747, it is essentially a single-storey villa, containing ten principal rooms.

SOURCE: Builder, vol. 25, 1867 May 25, p. 371 NOTES: A competition was held in 1866 for a complete rebuilding of the National Gallery which Barry won. However in the end he only built a northeast extension to the existing building.

SOURCE: Builder, vol. 34, 1876 July 29, p. 737 NOTES: A competition was held in 1866 for a complete rebuilding of the National Gallery which Barry won. However in the end he only built a northeast extension to the existing building.

SOURCE: Building News, vol. 65, 1893 Oct. 6, after p. 458 NOTES: The South London Gallery grew out of the South London Working Men's College. The Gallery moved to the site on Peckham Road in 1889 and in 1892 Passmore Edwards offered the money to build an extension to house a lecture hall and library (pictured here). In April 1941 the Passmore Edwards Lecture Hall and Library was severely damaged during an air raid and was subsequently demolished after the war.

SOURCE: British Architect, vol. 16, 1881 Dec. 16, after p. 632

NOTES: The Art Gallery was originally built for the exhibition of 1923 by Bjerke & Sigfried; the City Theatre by C. G. Bergsten was completed in 1934, and the Concert Hall by N. E. Ericsson in 1935.