London studio Alex Cochrane Architects has created a trio of museum shops at the recently revamped National Portrait Gallery in London.
Completed as part of a wider three-year refurbishment of the Victorian Grade I-listed building by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell, the retail outlets had to be respectful and, where possible, non-intrusive.
Alex Cochrane Architects overhauled the National Portrait Gallery’s shops
Alex Cochrane Architects worked closely with the lead studios to create a main shop next to the museum’s new entrance, and two further shops that service temporary exhibition spaces, that each “brought together the monumental and the intimate”.
“The challenge with this project was to design hard-working retail spaces that would provide an inspiring
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