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John Darlington

OPINION - Treasured spaces: why London needs pavilions

A new pavilion at the Serpentine Galleries in Hyde Park is now firmly established as a regular moment in London’s annual calendar. Provocative, thoughtful or both, the prestigious architectural commission has seen work by Zaha Hadid, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Ai Weiwei and Sumayya Vally. Now the Lebanese/French architect Lina Ghotmeh, has created à table, a building inspired by the invitation to sit, share food and chat…

Ghotmeh describes her approach as an ‘Archaeology of the Future’, welcoming us to dig a little deeper. As an archaeologist, I could not resist the invitation.

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