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Structural work has just wrapped up on “A House for Essex,” a vacation home designed by the Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry and the London architecture firm FAT for Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project. Botton, a well-known writer and philosopher, launched Living Architecture to promote the enjoyment of world-class modern architecture. A series of influential architects have been chosen to design houses for the project. Located around Britain, the abodes will be available to rent for holidays year-round.

Plans for “A House for Essex,” which sits on a plot surrounded by meadows on the east coast of England, were first revealed in 2012.

Artists Antony Gormley and Grayson Perry, Art Fund director Stephen Reuchen and Innocent drinks co-founder Richard Reed were all gathered at Waterloo station yesterday morning to celebrate the launch of Art Everywhere 2014. First launched in 2013, this edition is bigger and better, the project will last six weeks. Mounted all over the UK, displaying 30,000 artworks on billboards and poster sites to share the nation’s favourite art. As the UK’s largest outdoor exhibition, the project aims at engaging with the country’s population: curated by different art professionals and creatives, 25 artworks out of 70 were selected by the public trough a vote gathering 38,000 participants via Facebook. The most popular works were Hockney’s My Parents (1977), Dora Carrington’s Far mat Watendlath (1921), Laura Knight’s Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring (1943) followed in 4th position Grayson Perry’s The Annunciation of the Virgin Deal (2012).  In London, Waterloo Station and Piccadilly Circus are the major spots where you will be able to admire these pieces.