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Potters Fields kiosk at Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Leigh Hatts

A Potters Fields Park refreshment kiosk is included in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition alongside plans for the Olympic park, the Warsaw Museum of Modern Art and the Czech National Library.

The model is displayed in the exhibition's architecture room which has been designed using a blue theme by Ian Ritchie, architect of the proposed Berkeley Homes development on the former coach park at Potters Fields.

The kiosk is one of two park pavilions designed by Deborah Saunt of Southwark-based DSDHA. One of the small buildings will be opened behind City Hall and be known as Parkside Kiosk and the other next to Tower Bridge will be called the Blossom Square Kiosk. They will contain public conveniences, seating and a cafe.

Also on show in the architecture section, but not of course for sale, are two preserved plans for the 1951 Festival of Britain.

In the main gallery Royal Academician Norman Ackroyd, who lives in Bermondsey's Morocco Street, is showing etchings of Scottish and northern coastal scenes including Cartmel Daybreak (edition of 90; £300 each).

Fellow Academician Craigie Aitchison, whose work can be seen at Advanced Graphics London in Long Lane, has typical small images, such as Small Crucifixion screenprint (edition of 75; £300 each) scattered around the show.

Also included is a woodcut by Arturo Di Stefano whose work is regularly seen at Purdy Hicks gallery in Hopton Street.

• The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly is open daily 10am-6pm until Sunday 19 August; admission £7 (conc £6; child £3).

• Waterloo's Llewellyn Alexander Fine Paintings are hosting their annual Not the Royal Academy exhibition of works rejected by the Summer Exhibition.

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