Every so often, there’s a moment of revelation in our building project when one realises that the end is finally in sight. Today was one of those moments, standing at the top of what were once the old garden steps and looking up into the lime-washed vaults: a realisation that David Chipperfield understood the quality of monumentalism which would be achieved once the original floor level was dropped:-
And Newton is preparing to receive the first million visitors:-



What a good choice David Chipperfield was ! He understands buildings and space, see the Nueues Museum.