National Galleries

1864 – National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin

Architect: Richard Griffith, Charles Lanyon, Captain Francis Fowke, Sir Thomas Manly Deane, Benson + Forsyth

The original building was an exact elevational copy of the Natural History Museum by Frederick Clarendon across Leinster Lawn.

1876 – Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Architect: Friedrich August Stüler, Johann Heinrich Strack

Part of the Museumsinsel complex of galleries and museums, the Nationalgalerie is surrounded by a long colonnade of Doric columns.

1911 – National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, Italy

Architect: Cesare Bazzani

In 1883 the Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Exhibition Palace), expressely built for the occasion by Pio Piacentini,

1969 – Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The design idiom of Mies van der Rohe is familiar to all from its adoption by the corporate world and its many ‘copies’

1988 – National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Architect: Moshe Safdie

Celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2005, the National Gallery of Canada is a striking landmark against the city’s skyline.

2002 – National Gallery of Ireland Millennium Wing, Clare Street, Dublin

Architect: Benson + Forsyth

Designed by Benson + Forsyth (architects of the Museum of Scotland) as an extension to the National Gallery of Ireland,