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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 ...
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.
The “Pylon for the Future” display forms part of the London Design Festival and is open to the public until Oct. 5, 2011. Speaking to the finalists Chris Huhne said, “Britain will see the equivalent ...
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 ...
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 minimalist Danish design has won a competition to find a new electricity pylon for Britain, to replace the latticed steel transmission towers that have dotted the landscape since the 1920s.
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 ...
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 ...