National Gallery of Australia announces winner to recreate sculpture gardens in its largest investment in decades

Winning design has seven gardens weaving around the gallery on the shores of Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin, doubling its showcase space

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The National Gallery of Australia will embark on the largest investment in its grounds in more than four decades, with the museum announcing the winning tender to recreate its sculpture gardens on Thursday.

The National Sculpture Garden, designed in the early 1980s, will need to attract about $60m in philanthropy and fundraising to realise the design of the winning multi-disciplinary team CO-AP Holdings, comprising Sydney architecture company CO-AP and landscape and urban designers Studio JEF, TARN Studio and Plus Minus Design.