6 BURLINGTON GARDENS REVIVED ANDREW PHILLIPS: WITH VOGT AND HENRY COLEMAN

摘要

This part of Mayfair contains mixed activity - retail, offices, homes, design, culture, education and even manufacturing. Beyond the grand streets a labyrinth of arcades, passages, courts and yards are filled with smaller-scale urban life. It reassures us that here is the humane working city. What needs to change? The Royal Academy itself is a cultural quarter. Among the commercial maelstrom, it provides another luxury: space and time to reflect upon contemporary life. New RA programmes will include more discussion and dialogue, performance and education. The RA's energy can itself invigorate its northern hinterland.