This special issue of a+u magazine brings the phenomenon of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions into focus, fully detailing each of the twelve designs conceived since the beginnings of this unique and world-famous architectural showcase in 2000.

With impeccable photographs, elevations, sections and site plans, plus text descriptions of each architectural manifestation and an in-depth portrait of the most recent realisation by Sou Fujimoto, this engaging timeline and history of the pavilions is not to be missed.

This special issue of a+u magazine brings the phenomenon of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions into focus, fully detailing each of the twelve designs conceived since the beginnings of this unique and world-famous architectural showcase in 2000.

With impeccable photographs, elevations, sections and site plans, plus text descriptions of each architectural manifestation and an in-depth portrait of the most recent realisation by Sou Fujimoto, this engaging timeline and history of the pavilions is not to be missed. Includes statements by the architects regarding their designs and a text by Fujimoto.

CONTENT:

Serpentine Gallery Pavilions 2000–2013
 
Tracing the past 14 years
The beginning of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions
Timeline by models and sketches
Timeline by diagrams of site plan
Timeline by elevations and sections (not including 2000 and 2012）
Timeline by aerial view (not including 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008）
 
Pavilions 2000–2012
 
Zaha Hadid｜2000
Daniel Libeskind｜2001
Toyo Ito + Cecil Balmond｜2002
Oscar Niemeyer｜2003
MVRDV (un-realised)｜2004
Alvaro Siza + Eduardo Souto de Moura｜2005
Rem Koolhaas + Cecil Balmond｜2006
Olafur Eliasson + Snøhetta｜2007
Frank O. Gehry｜2008
SANAA｜2009
Jean Nouvel｜2010
Peter Zumthor｜2011
Herzog & de Meuron + Ai Weiwei｜2012
Sou Fujimoto｜2013
 
From Conception to Completion: 2013
 
Essay: Redefining the relationship of nature and the man-made, Sou Fujimoto

Drawings