Pavilions
BANQUETING PAVILION, RESTAURANT LES COLS BY RCR ARQUITECTES, GIRONA, SPAIN Subscription
Using banal materials to poetic effect, this dining marquee sits between architecture, landscape art and minimalist sculpture
White Out: Rotor installation in Ghent, Belgium
A smear of paint transforms former bunkers on Ghent’s docks into a sequence of public spaces - and also into a critique of regeneration
Infinite Landscape Installation, Sapporo, Japan
A temporary installation in Sapporo lake fuses landscape and architecture in a single move
Dodgy Foundations of the Serpentine Pavilion Subscription
An attempt to dig up eleven years’ worth of architectural substance reveals a disappointing display
Urban spaces by GUN Arquitectos and Eduardo Castillo Subscription
An annual commission for a young architect in Santiago de Chile has produced a fabric canopy and a water cathedral, two very different pavilions with an equally dynamic effect
Little Hilltop with Wind View by Shingo Masuda, Yamaguchi, Japan Subscription
Shingo Masuda creates a climate driven folly with a twist. Its peripheral appears like a scene from Rapunzel but its structural and environmental integrity respond solicitously to its functionality.
Cave For Kids by Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter, Norway Subscription
Recycled materials create the profile for this thoughtful kids cave. Whilst creating a playful design, Haugen/ Zohar Arkitekter challenge ideas of reuse through sculptural devices.
Tetsuo Kondo mediates the Estonian landscape with a steel walkway Subscription
Path In The Forest by Tetsuo Kondo, Tallinn, Estonia
CADET BRANCH: TEZUKA ARCHITECTS' OFFSHOOT FOR A TOKYO SCHOOL Subscription
Embracing an ancient Japanese zelkova, the Ring Around a Tree School is a stimulating enclave for learning and play which formally picks up on the practice’s earlier work for the same client
Follies in a Park by AWP + HHF Architects, Carrières sous Poissy, Paris, France Subscription
Celebrating invention and authenticity, the AR presents a snapshot of work in progress from around the world
A Room for London by David Kohn Architects, London, UK Subscription
Celebrating invention and authenticity, the AR presents a snapshot of work in progress from around the world
Samitaur Tower by Eric Owen Moss, Los Angeles, USA Subscription
The Samitaur Tower by Eric Owen Moss is as much of an optical mechanism as it is a work of architecture. Photography by Tom Bonner
Studio East Dining by Carmody Groarke, Stratford, Northeast London, UK Subscription
Emerging Architecture Awards 2010: Winner
OMS Stage by 5468796 Architecture, Old Market Square, Winnipeg, Canada Subscription
Emerging Architecture Awards 2010: Highly Commended
The Cabins by Atelier Ichiku, various locations Subscription
Emerging Architecture Awards 2010: Highly Commended
Hoto Fudo by Takeshi Hosaka Architects, Fuji Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan Subscription
Emerging Architecture Awards 2010: Highly Commended
The Longest Bench by Studio Weave, Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK Subscription
Emerging Architecture Awards 2010: Highly Commended
Osnaburgh Street Pavilion by Carmody Groarke, London, UK Subscription
Carmody Groarke’s refined, stainless steel Osnaburgh Pavilion. Photography by Luke Hayes
Ancient Tree Pavilion by Christ & Gantenbein Architects, Jinhua, China Subscription
Christ & Gantenbein’s giant concrete tree is a playful addition to a new park in Jinhua. Photography by Iwan Baan
Fireplace for Children by Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter, Trondheim, Norway Subscription
Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter’s timber folly-esque structure provides shelter and a place for story telling at a Norwegian kindergarten. Photography by Jason Havneraas and Grete Fredriksen
Canopy Installation by Sanjeev Shankar, Rajokri, New Dehli, India Subscription
Sanjeev Shankar transforms discarded cooking oil cans into a contemporary piece of art. Photography by Adam Roney, Sundeep Bali and Sanjeev Shankar
Tea Pavilion by Architectural Studio XYZ, Moscow, Russia Subscription
XYZ’s tea arbor, made from 12,000 wooden blocks, floats lightly on a pontoon on a lake. Photography by Aleksey Narodizki
Forest of Net Pavilion by Twzuka Architects, Hakone Open-air Museum, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Subscription
Twzuka Architects’ giant inverted bird’s nest of interlocked timber beams. Photography by Katsuhisa Kida/Fototeca
Serpentine Pavilion by SANAA, Serpentine Gallery, Hyde Park, London, UK Subscription
SANAA follow in the footsteps of Gehry, Eliasson and Thorsen, Koolhaas, Souto de Moura, Siza, Niemeyer, Ito, Libeskind and Hadid with their first UK commission at the Serpentine Gallery. Photography by Ludwig Abache
Pavilion by Álvaro SIza and Rudolf Finsterwalder, Insel Hombroich Foundation, Ruhr Valley, Germany Subscription
SIza and Finsterwalder collaborate to add a brick farmstead-like complex to gathering of existing brick pavilions at the Insel Hombroich Foundation. Photography by Duccio Malagamba
Eleanor and Wilson Greatbach Pavilion by Toshiko Mori, Buffalo, New York, USA Subscription
Former chair of architecture at Harvard, Toshiko Mori’s pavilion uses minimal styling to sensitively frame this prairie style visitor complex. Photography by Paul Warchol
Canopy at Hoshakuji Station by Kengo Kuma and Associates, Takanezawa-Machi, Toghigi, Japan Subscription
Kengo Kuma creates a varied spatial experience by applying a diamond plywood motif to an otherwise steel station bridge. Photography by Edmund Sumner