Great art and design elevate and inspire us. They change the way we feel about our surroundings, constantly opening up new vistas and new ways of seeing.
When the Design Museum moved to Kensington, it looked for innovative ways to raise funds. In exchange for a donation of £25,000, supporters could join The Flagpole Club and put their name to a flagpole outside the building.
Six elegant, architect-designed houseboats are bringing a new style of living to this part of the Grand Union Canal in Maida Vale, London. Residents of these floating apartments also have access to the gym, pool and spa at the nearby Harbour Leisure Club.
A series of five new spa villages spring up in the Derbyshire Dales. With the first phase due for completion by July 2020, they will provide 500 new homes.
Originally designed by Herzog & de Meuron, and evolved by David Morley Architects, the Vision for Lord’s imagines a different future for England’s most famous cricket ground.
In London, unlike Florence, Amsterdam and New York, art attractions are free to enter. If every overseas guest paid an extra 1% of their hotel bill to a cultural fund, it would help keep our galleries free for UK citizens.
As London’s roads become increasingly congested, attention turns to the Thames as an overlooked asset. The vision is for a fleet of enclosed, personalised river taxis. Driverless and energy-efficient, they promise to be a new icon of London transport.