Serpentine Gallery Pavillion 2014, by Smiljan Radic opens
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News: Chilean architect Smiljan Radic has this morning unveiled his translucent and bulbous Serpentine Gallery Pavilion at Kensington Gardens in London.
Last year's pavilion was designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and comprised a cloud-like structure made from a lattice of steel poles. Other past commissions include Herzog & de Meuron, SANAA and Peter Zumthor.
"From the outside, visitors see a fragile shell in the shape of a hoop suspended on large quarry stones. Appearing as if they had always been part of the landscape, these stones are used as supports, giving the pavilion both a physical weight and an outer structure characterised by lightness and fragility," said Radic.
Photography is by Amy Frearson, Dezeen.
Vía Twitter: Farah Nayeri @fnayeri – @SerpentineUK press conference for pavilion. To Julia Peyton-Jones's left: architect Smiljan Radic.