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I also entirely agree with Robert Park - well, almost. The problem is, artists take over old warehouses, jam factories etc., create a wonderful buzz, the property vultures take notice and the artists are priced out. Perhaps the arts funders could work with what the artists are already using, to strengthen the shoestring they work on and keep the rain out. (Funding for Wilton's Music Hall, perhaps?) But that doesn't help architects.

I really don't want to have to depend on rich benefactors, however wonderful Tate, Carnegie and the others were in their day. In fact I don't think Guggenheim gives any endowment - you pay to use the name, and hope the Bilbao effect works.

Meanwhile, there are sheds and sheds. It does help if its rectilinear rather than some completely unmaintainable shape. Foster's Sainsbury Centre at UEA set a pretty good example.