National Gallery picks Tokyo Olympic stadium architect to design new wing

London gallery to undergo biggest transformation in its 200-year history, with Kengo Kuma's design called exemplary'

The National Gallery has announced that its largest and most significant transformation in its 200-year history will be designed by the Japanese architect behind Tokyo's Olympic stadium.

The new wing will be designed by Kengo Kuma as part of Project Domani, the gallery's expansion into art from the 20th and 21st centuries. Its completion will make the National Gallery the only museum in the world that exclusively displays paintings where visitors will be able to view the entire history of painting in the western tradition.