Science Museum

Science Museum

London's Science Museum is dedicated to telling the story of scientific achievement through exhibitions and the presentation of iconic objects.

Álvaro Siza

Álvaro Siza

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza is a cult favourite among architects, so comfortably made our Hot List without being in the news a whole lot over the past year.

Tate

Tate

London's Tate Modern – one of the city's most important cultural attractions – is Britain's national gallery of international modern art. The institution forms part of the Tate group, which itself is made up of three other galleries across the UK.

Oki Sato/Nendo

Oki Sato/Nendo

It's a surprise to find only one designer in the top 20 of our Hot List. We always knew that architecture was more popular with readers than design, but we didn't realise by quite how much. It's less of a surprise to find Nendo, the Japanese studio headed by

Nike

Nike

Sportswear brand Nike fails to qualify for our Dezeen Hot List top 20 by a whisker. With this being an Olympic year, the brand was particularly active, unveiling a raft of new high-performance products at a lavish ceremony in New York in the spring and following this up