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Olafur Eliasson, the artist who created the giant sun in Tate Modern four years ago, is working with architect Kjetil Thorsen to build the Serpentine Gallery pavilion, in the shape of a spinning top. The annual tradition of a temporary pavilion beside the gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens began in 2000 and this is the biggest yet. Past architects include Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, and Toyo Ito. Last year the gallery began inviting both architects and artists to collaborate; Rem Koolhaas designed the pavilion and Thomas Demand created a decorative screen inside it. A real building rather than a folly, the Serpentine pavilion is used for talks, events, and parties every week during summer months by hundreds of people at a time. It opens in June.

Go to website Serpetine Gallery
Read article (Architectural Record, March 23, 2007)

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