peter campbell in the london review of books on the frank gehry serpentine summer pavilion
Since 2000, every summer has seen a temporary construction outside that most unassuming and decorous of buildings; the serpentine gallery - the constructions have been the work of some of the world’s leading artists and architects, including toyo ito,oscar niemeyer, rem koolhaas and norway sponsored collaboration between artist and architect, olafur eliasson and kjetil thorsen, this year’s pavilion looks from a distance like someone emptied a giant matchbox in front of the gallery.
stirling prize
this year’s stirling prize shortlist has been announced by riba. they are: ‘accordia’ a luxury housing development in cambridge, ‘bijlmer station’ in amsterdam, ‘manchester civil justice centre’, ‘nordpark cable railway’, innsbruck, austria, ‘royal festival hall’, london, and ‘westminster academy’, also london.
my money’s on the zaha hadid designed cable railway terminal in austria, for sheer exuberance and sensuality, hadid’s trademark,
or perhaps
the drama of nicholas grimshaw’s amsterdam rail terminal
read on