Title & Author:

Francis Kere : Serpentine Pavilion 2017 / editors Melissa Blanchflower with Joseph Constable.

Publication:

London : Koenig Books : Serpentine Galleries, 2017.
©2017

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Published to accompany the Serpentine Pavilion 2017 designed by Francis Kéré 23 June - 8 October 2017.
Architect's statement / Francis Kéré -- Gathering form: making a building, building a community / Jeanne Gang -- Le Brouhaha / Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Francis Kéré -- Warp, weft, wend / Lesley Lokko -- A great struggle / Kerry James Marshall and Francis Kéré -- Breaking the pattern of weakness / Mohsen Mostafavi -- Transference / David Adjaye in conversation with Francis Kéré -- Photo-essay: Serpentine Pavilion 2017 / Iwan Baan -- Biographies.

Summary:

Diébédo Francis Kéré, the award-winning architect from Gando, Burkina Faso, has been commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2017, responding to the brief with a bold, innovative structure that brings his characteristic sense of light and life to the lawns of Kensington Gardens. Kéré is the seventeenth architect to accept the Serpentine Galleries' invitation to design a temporary Pavilion in its grounds. Since its launch in 2000, this annual commission of an international architect to build his or her first structure in London at the time of invitation has become one of the most anticipated events in the global cultural calendar and a leading visitor attraction during London's summer season. Inspired by the tree that serves as a central meeting point for life in his home town of Gando, Francis Kéré has designed a responsive Pavilion that seeks to connect its visitors to nature - and each other. An expansive roof, supported by a central steel framework, mimics a tree's canopy, allowing air to circulate freely while offering shelter against London rain and summer heat. As an architect, Kéré is committed to socially engaged and ecological design in his practice. Exhibition: Serpentine Galleries, London, UK (23.06.2017-08.10.2017).

ISBN:

9783960981596 (Koenig Books, London)
3960981597 (Koenig Books, London)
9781908617453 (Serpentine Galleries, London)
1908617454 (Serpentine Galleries, London)

Subject:

Kéré, Diébédo Francis, 1965-
Kéré Architecture.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (Architecture programme) (17th : 2017 : London, England)
Buildings, Temporary England London Exhibitions.
Pavilions England London Exhibitions.
Constructions provisoires Angleterre Londres Expositions.
Pavillons (Constructions légères) Angleterre Londres Expositions.
Architecture and Planning.
Buildings, Temporary
Pavilions
England London

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Blanchflower, Melissa, editor.
Constable, Joseph, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300393
Call No.: BIB 246577
Status: Available