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First look at ‘crinkle crankle’ London Serpentine Pavilion 2026

The 25th Pavilion was designed by Mexico City-based architects LANZA atelier and will launch this weekend

Evening Standard · Jun 4

Serpentine Pavilion 2026 designers unveiled: Mexican duo scoop the coveted commission

As the Serpentine Pavilion celebrates its 25th Anniversary, Mexican atelier LANZA will be creating this year’s showcase structure

Evening Standard · Jan 20

The Serpentine Pavilion architect: 'It is a container for everybody'

Marina Tabassum talks to us about the story behind her sensational design for the Serpentine Pavilion 2025

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025

A first look at Serpentine Pavilion 2024: ‘It really is an archipelago’

The Serpentine Pavilion 2024 opens its doors and we catch up with its architect, Minsuk Cho of Mass Studies, to talk about the design’s origins, concept and future travels

Wallpaper · Jan 22, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023

Serpentine Pavilion 2023 invites everyone to the table

The Serpentine Pavilion 2023 launches to a design by Lina Ghotmeh, whose installation 'À table,' is an invitation to togetherness

Wallpaper · Jun 5, 2023

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022

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?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2022

Theaster Gates’s Serpentine Pavilion: Black Chapel - great ideas but this is the sacred made mundane

The artist’s structure is permeated with rich ideas, none of which are effectively expressed in this simplistic realisation

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2022

Corinne Bailey Rae will let Theaster Gates’s Serpentine Pavilion take the spotlight

Grammy Award winner Corinne Bailey Rae says she does not mind if the audience for her gig at the new Serpentine Pavilion are more interested in the building than her.

Evening Standard · May 30, 2022