Benjamin Hubert, Alison Brooks and dRMM are among the architects and designers that will create installations for this year's London Design Festival, which is also set to include a crazy golf course part-designed by the late Zaha Hadid (+ slideshow).
A variety of small- and large-scale installations were announced at a press conference that took place at the city's V&A museum this morning.
Among the Landmark Projects ? which last year included an upside down electricity pylon on Greenwich Peninsula ? is an installation in the form of a smile-shaped tunnel by architect Alison Brooks and the American Hardwood Export Council.
Alison Brooks' Smile installation will aim to showcase the structural potential of cross-laminated hardwood
Brooks' Smile installation aims to showcase the structural potential of cross-laminated timber (CLT), and will make use of American tulipwood to create an arch-shaped tunnel that rises off the ground. The timber tube will only touch the floor at one point, and be open at either end. It will feature a series of perforations across its side that allow natural light in through the day, and illuminate at night. Its location is yet to be confirmed.

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"The Smile is important because it will create the first-ever use of industrial-sized panels of hardwood CLT," said David Venebles of the American Hardwood Export Council. "This is the creation of ...