The Victoria and Albert Museum has failed in its bid to get a lottery grant to build its controversial Spiral extension, costing £70m. The museum had applied for a grant of £15m to build the extension.
BBC News
Meanwhile, There was good news for the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the oldest public museum in the world, which plans a new extension designed by Rick Mather.
The lottery grant set aside £15m for this project. It will help the institution create more than 30 new galleries, doubling the amount of display space.
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saw DL present the v&a some years back and if it doesnt go ahead, i dont consider it a great loss to the world of architecture. with all the incredible museum extensions that have been constructed over the last 10 years, i wonder why the v&a couldnt get this one going?
i am a big fan of mather, glad to see him get the commisssion.
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