Designed by Julius Chatwin in 1884, the Grade II* Listed Wolverhampton Art Gallery epitomises the Victorian ideal of civic architecture.
We undertook a decade-long conservation and reordering programme to expand and revitalise the building for the 20th century. Three phases of conservation work were conducted while the gallery was still in operation to transform the museum’s complex, narrow ‘backyard’ site to form a £10.6m new wing.
We tested our design proposals by building a full-scale replica of one of the new spaces for the client team to experience.