James Dyson and his wife Deirdre are to open their private art collection to the public in a gallery that WilkinsonEyre's founder, Chris Wilkinson, has designed for their UK home.
Named the Dodington Art Gallery, Wilkinson's design will be built among trees in the listed walled garden at the Dyson's secluded Dodington Park estate in Gloucestershire, England.
The gallery will be a discreet addition to the grounds, taking the form of a "low key pavilion", and contain the family's collection of modern art that includes works by the likes of Pablo Picasso, David Hockney and Andy Warhol.

"The Dodington Art Gallery has been carefully designed to create a discreet piece of architecture that fits comfortably into its particular context," explained Wilkinson. "It is constructed with quality materials that relate to the historic brick walls of the garden and it sits low within the site amongst the trees."
Dodington Art Gallery, which has now been submitted for planning, is set to become the first major modern art gallery in the area and will be free for the public to access on a limited number of days each year.
It will be positioned adjacent to an existing sculpture garden that visitors will also be able to explore, containing a water feature by the Dyson founder and art commissioned by his wife.

Wilkinson's design for the gallery is composed of a series of walls in an angular arrangement, unified by a band of clerestory glazing and a thin overhangin...