Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Photo: Bill Smith
Thursday, December 27, 2012
9:14 PM
A multi award-winning art venue has become a grade two listed building.
Architecture minister Ed Vaizey has listed the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts on the expert advice from English Heritage.
The building, which opened in 1977, is by Norman Foster, one of Britain’s most distinguished modern architects, and houses the art collection of Lord and Lady Sainsbury.
Reasons for the grade two protection of the University of East Anglia-based building included its architectural innovation, design, historic association, flexibility and group value.
Mr Vaizey said: “Norman Foster’s design for the Sainsbury Centre is recognised around the world as a high point of the British ‘high-tech’ movement and, by any standards, a modern classic.”
Lord Foster said: “The Sainsbury Centre is inseparable from the enlightenment and the driving force of the Sainsburys themselves and the support of the University of East Anglia. I am delighted that the significance of the museum that we created together has been recognised by this listing.”
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D’oh!!!!! This is another Emperors new clothes moment!!! It’s ugly, it looks like an aircraft hanger with bits of glass shoved in it.
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Oh please? What next?
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This means nothing in Norwich and the City Council for they have given permission for 100s of Grade Two listed properties to be demolished over the years
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