In 2004, Arts Inform with the RIBA ran a project entitled 'Student Visionaries: Kings Cross as it Might Be' in partnership with the Learning and Skills Development Agency. The project involved students of art and design, fine art, graphics, textiles and photography at City and Islington Sixth Form Centre. Their brief was to develop work of vision and imagination that took as its focus the King’s Cross Development in London. The students’ inspiration and starting point was the touring exhibition Fantasy Architecture, which brought together drawings and digital prints from RIBA collections of unbuilt or imaginary buildings and structures.

Kings Cross Development

The students worked with the architects’ practices  who had been commissioned to work on the development of King’s Cross or whose work had appeared in the Fantasy Architecture exhibition. The developer of King’s Cross, Argent St George, was also involved in the project and worked with the students.

Exhibition at RIBA

The work produced by the students was presented in a special exhibition throughout the RIBA’s Headquarters as part of Architecture Week in June 2004, which also included film material lent by the BFI. The students explained their work to a panel of judges and prizes were awarded.

Design day - integrating architecture and urban design

Additionally a training day was held at the RIBA for art and design and design technology teachers on the general theme of integrating architecture and urban design in the 14-19 curriculum, especially in courses with a vocational orientation. The basis of this training day was the Designs on Britain website and teachers pack.