Designed by Johannesburg-based practice Counterspace, this year’s Serpentine Pavilion is inspired by places that are “particularly significant to the diasporic and cross-cultural communities” of London. Set to open on 11 June 2021, the temporary pavilion in the city’s Kensington Gardens features “abstracting, superimposing and splicing” elements that vary in “scales of intimacy” and reference the architecture of markets, restaurants, […]
Diébédo Francis Kéré, founder of Kéré Architecture, has been announced as designer of the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion. The temporary summer pavilion, which was established by the Serpentine Galleries in 2000, is located in London’s Kensington Gardens in Hyde Park each year and designed by an architect who has not yet completed a building in England. […]
Post-reveal, the Pavilion this year has been described as "closer in spirit" to Zaha Hadid's inaugural tent, suggesting a progression in design lineage on the exhibit's 15th anniversary.
Following the success of Sean Godsell's inaugural MPavilion in 2014, many in the local architecture and design community expected an Australian practice to be named as this year's designer.