2016 Serpentine Summer Houses
This year, Serpentine Gallery has chosen four architects to design summer houses, drawing inspiration from Queen Caroline’s Temple in Kensington Gardens, London. The structures will accompany the main pavilion designed by Bjarke Ingels Group. See each architect's design below, and read more about this year’s Serpentine Pavilion.
Kunlé Adeyemi / NLÉ
Rendering © NLÉ
Kunlé Adeyemi / NLÉ
Rendering © NLÉ
Kunlé Adeyemi / NLÉ
Rendering © NLÉ
Kunlé Adeyemi / NLÉ
Photo © Reze Bonna
Kunlé Adeyemi
Photo © Reze Bonna
Kunlé Adeyemi / NLÉ
Kunlé Adeyemi of NLÉ is a Nigerian architect based in Amsterdam/Lagos, who recently designed the Makoko Floating School prototype in Lagos.
Image © George Osodi
Yona Friedman
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Yona Friedman
Image courtesy Serpentine Galleries
Yona Friedman
Paris-based Yona Friedman, a Hungarian-born French architect, published the manifesto L'Architecture Mobile in 1958 and designed Space Chain construction (pictured) at the Vigne Museum, Livio Felluga winery, in Italy in 2014.
Photo © Jean Baptiste Decavele
Barkow Leibinger
Rendering © Barkow Leibinger
Barkow Leibinger
Rendering © Barkow Leibinger
Barkow Leibinger
Rendering © Barkow Leibinger
Barkow Leibinger
Rendering © Barkow Leibinger
Barkow Leibinger
Photo © Benedikt Kraft
Barkow Leibinger
Barkow Leibinger, an American/German firm founded in 1993 by Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger, recently completed the Fellows Pavilion for the American Academy in Berlin (RECORD, July 2015).
Photo © Stefan Müller
Asif Khan
Architectural model © Asif Khan
Asif Khan
Architectural model © Asif Khan
Asif Khan
Architectural model © Asif Khan
Asif Khan
Photo courtesy Adriano Mauri / Design Indaba
Asif Khan
Asif Khan established his London practice in 2007 and was a finalist for the Guggenheim Helsinki in 2015.
Image courtesy Asif Khan
Queen Caroline's Temple
The four Summer Houses will draw inspiration from Queen Caroline's Temple in Kensington Gardens, London.
Photo © Garry Knight