A Summer Show of two halves at the Royal Academy

By and Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman2008-06-06T00:00:00

The Metropolitana Linea 1 – Capodichino. This design for a metro station in Naples is one of a series commissioned from international architects including Mario Botta, Dominique Perrault, Massimiliano Fuksas, Alvaro Siza and Hans Kollhoff.

Only a wall of fiercely artistic works close to the curator’s heart offsets the traditional horrors of the RA’s Summer Show

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