This design doesn’t look like much, but that’s the point. The slender pole can appear as a tall black lance or as a thin sliver from a different angle. With a convex exterior skin that reflects its ...

Chris Huhne, Britain’s Energy and Climate Secretary, opened a display featuring scale models of six striking designs for new electricity pylons to the public at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The ...

The first new pylon designs for more than 85 years are being installed in the UK in a National Grid pylon scheme. The designs will allow for “sweeping curves” of electricity lines rather than the ...

A spare and quietly elegant Danish design has been announced as the winner of a competition to create the next generation of electricity pylons. National Grid engineers will now work closely with the ...

Inspired by the existing lattice pylon originally designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield RA in 1927, New Town Studio, who was recently shortlisted for the Pylon Design Competition, uses a lattice steel ...