One of the frustrating things for those undergoing architectural training is the slow realisation that an architect can't go it alone. They have to work with clients, town planners, engineers, builders - even quantity surveyors. And all of them are intent on destroying the great architectural vision on their drawing board. Over the past two decades, the RIBA itself has gone through its own version of this agony. In 1999 it produced a grand vision of a standalone architectural gallery linked to its unrivalled collection of architectural drawings, prints and manuscripts. It was to be in the Roundhouse, a huge circular former train shed in north London, and the conversion work was to be made possible by National Lottery funding.
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