Winning design for NGV Contemporary revealed

Australian architects Angelo Candalepas and Associates have designed the centrepiece of the $1.7 billion renewal of Southbank arts precinct.

15 Mar 2022 11:31

Richard Watts

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Daytime render of winning design concept by Angelo Candalepas and Associates, and public green space, facing south. Render by Darcstudio.

Described as architecturally ‘uplifting and generous’, the design for what will become Australia’s largest art gallery – NGV Contemporary – was revealed on Tuesday.

The centrepiece of the $1.7 billion renewal of Melbourne’s Southbank arts precinct, NGV Contemporary has been designed by Australian architectural firm Angelo Candalepas and Associates.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts