Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2000 (19 June 2000 - 3 September 2000) by Zaha HadidSerpentine
Zaha Hadid, 2000
Every year since 2000 the Serpentine Gallery has commissioned a temporary summer pavilion by a leading architect. Each Pavilion is completed within six months and is situated on the Gallery's lawn for three months for the public to explore.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007 (24 August 2007 - 5 November 2007) by Kjetil Thorsen and Olafur EliassonSerpentine
Olafur Eiliasson and Kjetil Thorsen, 2007
Working together as architectural practice Snøhetta, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and Norwegian architect Kjetil Thorsen, designed the Serpentine Gallery’s 2007 Pavilion.
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Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron, 2012
Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron had previously worked on the celebrated Beijing National Stadium. Open from June to October 2012, the Pavilion was presented as part of the London 2012 Festival.
A movie filmed by Dezeen at the unveiling of the 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by DezeenSerpentine
Sou Fujimoto, 2013
Writing on his Pavilion, Fujimoto said, "A new form of environment will be created, where the natural and the man-made merge; not solely architectural nor solely natural, but a unique meeting of the two."
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (2014) by Photograph © 2014 John Offenbach and Designed by Smiljan RadićSerpentine
Smiljan Radić, 2014
The 2014 Serpentine Pavilion was designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić. Resembling a seashell and resting on quarried stones, the pavilion housed a cafe.
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Selgascano, 2015
In 2015, Spanish architects selgascano designed the 15th Serpentine Pavilion with 'simple elements' in mind, "structure, light, transparency, shadows, lightness, form, sensitivity, change, surprise, colour and materials."
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Bjarke Ingels Group, 2016
BIG designed a fibreglass 'unzipped wall' of hollow bricks, that provided shelter while letting light flood through the structure. At night, the pavilion transformed into a performance space for artists, writers and musicians.
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Diébédo Francis Kéré, 2017
Kéré, from Burkina Faso, was inspired by the tree in his home town of Gando that serves as a meeting spot for many people. The roof, resembling a trees canopy, provided shelter from the English summer rain.
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Frida Escobedo, 2018
Escobedo was the youngest architect yet to design a pavilion. The structure, centred around a courtyard, took inspiration from the domestic architecture of her native Mexico.
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