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Red Summer in Kensington Gardens by Jean Nouvel

Red Summer in Kensington Gardens by Jean Nouvel

by Paul VirilioSamantha Hardingham Hans-Ulrich Obrist and others
Hardback
Publication Date: 09/08/2010

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Renowned French architect Jean Nouvel designed the Serpentine Gallery's pavilion for 2010, and created a commanding, eye-catching all-red structure designed to mimic the moment when the summer sun catches you full in the eyes and, as you blink, the world dissolves into red. Also inspired by London's red buses and telephone boxes, this dramatic and seductive pavilion consists of a cantilevered glass wall supporting a central frame, with retractable red canvas awnings, a red rubber floor and, to accommodate its many visitors, a red cafe bar, red table tennis tables and red hammocks, tables and chairs. It's architecture on holiday, Nouvel has joked, also describing the pavilion as a big sunglass. This similarly striking publication, designed by Nouvel, records the project in documentation, eight foldout posters and an interview with Nouvel by Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
ISBN:
9783865608604
9783865608604
Category:
Individual architects & architectural firms
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
09-08-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Buchhandlung Walther Konig GmbH & Co. KG. Abt. Verlag
Country of origin:
Germany
Pages:
44
Dimensions (mm):
255x220x15mm
Weight:
0.68kg
Paul Virilio

Paul Virilio is one of our foremost cultural critics. Architect and urban planner and former director of the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris, he has written widely on film, architecture, art, war and technology. Julie Rose is a freelance translator and winner of the PEN Medallion for Translation.

Paul Virilio is Director of the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris and author of over 15 books, including Art and Fear and Desert Screen.

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