The T-shaped design beat five other finalists in the contest run by the DECC, National Grid, and Royal Institute of British Architects to find a new shape for pylons, which have been unchanged ...

Y Pylon by Knight Architects and Roughan & O’Donovan The Y-shaped pylon has a clean aesthetic and easily recognizable form, as well as modern insulating materials to take this design into the ...

There are more than 88,000 pylons in the UK, including 22,000 on National Grid’s main transmission network in England and Wales. The new design is shorter and lighter than the present pylon model.

For decades, electricity pylons have towered over our countryside - functional, but not necessarily nice to look at. But that is about to change after a competition to design the pylon of the ...

A T-shaped design has scooped a £5,000 prize in a competition to find the next generation of electricity pylons. Danish engineering firm Bystrup beat 250 rivals to win the Royal Institute of ...

They are probably one of the least-loved features of our countryside, and electricity pylons could now be getting a makeover through a competition to rethink their design.

The Pylon Design competition launched on May 23 and out of 250 entries, six finalists were unveiled on September 14 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

A T-shaped design has scooped a £5,000 prize in a competition to find the next generation of electricity pylons. Danish engineering firm Bystrup beat 250 rivals to win the Royal Institute of ...