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Speed of Light installation Immersive and interactive, the specially created light installation has been placed over four different levels of the Bargehouse by the renowned light artists to mark the ten year anniversary of broadband being available to everyone in Britain. Commissioned by Virgin Media, the installation explores the nature of speed, efficiency, communication and modernity, and encourages visitors to get up close and personal with its lights. Interactive journey As the Speed of Light installation takes over the building, it forces people to interact with the light sculpture as they journey through it. By creating another of their spectacular pieces of light and laser based art, the United Visual Artists are placing the spectators at the heart of the experience, rather than making them simply obvservers. United Visual Artists The London based art and design practice that is the United Visual Artists have a reputation for creating unusual and unique light installations across the city. Their work tends to be inspired by a space or an architectural feature that their light installation can work with, specifically relying on public interaction to bring certain elements of the creation to life. Alongside the Speed of Light installation at Bargehouse, UVA have also created work for Covent Garden Market and the Victoria and Albert Museum's John Madejski Garden. The Speed of Light installation at Bargehouse, Southbank, takes place from 11am - 7pm, Friday 9th April ...

The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Founded in 1852 as the South Kensington Museum, the V&A has since grown to now cover some 12.5 acres[2] and 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5000 years of art, from ancient times to the present day, in virtually every medium, from the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa. The Cast Courts (originally called the Architectural Courts[1]) of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England, comprise two large halls. Unusually for a museum, the Cast Courts house a collection not of originals, but copies. Here are to be found reproductions of some of the most famous sculptures in the world. Most of the copies were made in the 19th century and in many cases the copies have better resisted the ravages of time, 20th-century pollution and over-zealous conservation than the originals. The Courts were designed by Major General Henry Scott of the Royal Engineers and were opened to the public in July 1873. The Courts are architecturally dramatic: they are large and high, topped by a roof of glass that admits sunlight which is supplemented by electric lights. The two Courts are divided by corridors on two levels; the mid-level corridor allows the Courts to be viewed from above. The Court that includes Trajan's Column also has a high walkway around it at a third level; this ...

The curling - or rolling - bridge in Paddington Basin, London, is a unique design by Thomas Heatherwick. Instead of flipping open or turning sideways, as more conventional bridges do, this one curls into an octogonal roll to open and then uncurls again. This pedestrian bridge is a wonderful piece of architectural art but, as it spans a short cul-de-sac branch of the canal, it has hardly any practical use. The bridge opens every Friday at noon.

Director of AMO and partner in charge of several projects in London (as well as Russia and Europe), Reinier de Graaf talks with architectural writer and Deputy Chair of the Design Council, Paul Finch, about the extreme difficulties of building in the capital. Part of OMA/Progress at Barbican Art Gallery in London (6 Oct/11 - 19 Feb/12) . bit.ly Media Partner: Icon Magazine