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The article features the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, England. The museum was designed by Derek Walker Associates. It was conceptualized to be informal, comprehensible and dramatic. The museum opened in 1996 and intends to entertain, instruct and inspire visitors. It has five main galleries, a 300-seat auditorium, a children's interactive gallery and a newsroom.

The article argues that there were several projects that should have been included in the Milton Keynes city project in Great Britain. It is observed that these projects did not materialize because of optimism, bad luck, timidity and international recession. It is pointed out that these projects would have helped in increasing civic pride, in making the city beautiful, and in creating exceptional job opportunities.

The article looks at the lessons to be learned with regards to the design of commercial and industrial buildings from the Milton Keynes city project in England. It was observed that the design of an industrial building should rarely be based on the specific needs of an industrialist during the initial stages because changes in technique and process are common.