Shortlisted designs for a new generation of electricity pylons - in pictures
Scale models by six finalists in a competition to imagine what Britain's new electricity pylons might look like have gone on display at the V&A as part of the London Design Festival. With more than 88,000 pylons in the UK and a need for new transmission infrastructure, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Department of Energy and Climate Change and National Grid called on architects, designers, engineers and students to come up with designs that balanced energy needs and visual impact..
