Serpentine pavilion

Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – Lina Ghotmeh’s convivial canopy

The celebrated Beirut-born architect Lina Ghotmeh designed her pleated timber pavilion to bring people together in nature. It’s a nice idea, though the details let it down – and the Serpentine’s formula needs a rethink

Rowan Moore

11, Jun, 2023 @10:00 AM

Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – giant cocktail umbrella gives the park a party vibe

French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has unveiled her festive big top. And this symphony of timber is a lovely place to eat and think about food – if you can overlook the clumsy flat-pack feel

Oliver Wainwright

05, Jun, 2023 @3:31 PM

‘It’s a bit Mary Poppins’: Lina Ghotmeh to design 2023’s Serpentine pavilion

The Beirut-born architect is aiming for the smallest possible carbon footprint with an African-inspired ‘great shelter’ for meeting in Kensington Gardens

Oliver Wainwright

23, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

Theaster Gates’s Black Chapel Serpentine pavilion review – a welcoming labour of love

Gates uses an artist’s touch to create a dignified, Staffordshire kiln-inspired structure that celebrates community and work – and honours his late father

Rowan Moore

12, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM

A monument to a roofer that lets in the rain: Theaster Gates’s Serpentine Pavilion

The Chicago-based artist has punched a huge hole in the roof of his Black Chapel. Could a downpour add one further thrilling sonic dimension to its programme of Gregorian chants, jazz recitals and Japanese tea ceremonies?

Oliver Wainwright

07, Jun, 2022 @9:41 AM

‘It’s got great drainage!’ – Theaster Gates on his open-to-the-elements Serpentine pavilion

Inspired by the kilns of Stoke-on-Trent, the Chicago artist’s Black Chapel will host bands, including his own, and also provide ‘a place of quietude’ where even the British weather is welcome

Oliver Wainwright

03, Feb, 2022 @11:45 AM

‘Clay feels perverse’ – Theaster Gates on working on Obama’s library and going back to pottery

The superstar ‘social artist’ has revived derelict buildings and rescued a legendary record collection – but in lockdown, as two new UK exhibitions show, it was singing and throwing pots that made him happy

Alex Needham

21, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM

Serpentine Pavilion 2021 review – a sophisticated chimera of light and depth

Kensington Gardens, London
The youngest architect ever to design the annual temporary structure has created an airy gathering place inspired by diasporic London spaces

Rowan Moore

13, Jun, 2021 @10:00 AM

Barbers, books and boozers: how migrant hotspots inspired the Serpentine Pavilion

The bars, cafes, bookshops and even hair salons of London all fed into this year’s enormous pavilion. Sumayya Vally, the project’s youngest ever architect, explains all

Oliver Wainwright

08, Jun, 2021 @5:00 AM