By commissioning a temporary summer pavilion by a leading architect every year, the Serpentine Galleries in Londons Kensington Gardens is known as an international site for architectural experimentation. Its Architecture Programme expands for 2016 with four Summer Houses joining the Serpentine Pavilion.

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Architects: Barkow Leibinger

Location: United Kingdom, Kensington Gardens, London W2 2UH, UK

Architect In Charge: Frank Barkow, Regine Leibinger

Area: 50.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Iwan Baan, Ina Reinecke

Project Architects: Blake Villwock, Vincenzo Salierno

Team: Jan Blifernez, Linda Zhang, Jane Wong
Engineering: AECOM, London, UK / AKT11, London, UK / StageOne, Tockwith, York, UK

Drawings/Renderings: Barkow Leibinger, Berlin

Client: Serpentine Galleries, London, UK

Technical Advisor: David Glover, Intelligent Engineering Gerrards Cross, UK

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From the architect. By commissioning a temporary summer pavilion by a leading architect every year, the Serpentine Galleries in Londons Kensington Gardens is known as an international site for architectural experimentation. Its Architecture Programme expands for 2016 with four Summer Houses joining the Serpentine Pavilion.

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