This week was the first time I have been to Riba and I went there in order to see the Sterling Prize Competition 2007 exhibition. To be honest there wasn't too much to see, as they were in the process of setting up a new event or exhibition. Consisting of boards with text, images and videos that were not working the six buildings on show were designed by David Chipperfield Architects, Foster + Partners, Glenn Howells Architects, Haworth Tompkins and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture with Arup-AFA. With the America's Cup Building, Casa da Musica, Dresden Station, Savill Building, Young Vic Theatre and the winning entry The Museum of Modern Literature in Germany all being featured. For more information click here.
From RIBA I went to Hyde Park to see autumn arriving and to also see what's on at the Serpentine Gallery and also the new temporary Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. The current exhibition in the Serpentine Gallery (probably the hardest gallery to get to in London) is a mixed media exhibition by Matthew Barney, where he uses restraints on the body to create his outcomes in work.
The new Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is designed by artist Olafur Eliasson and Norwegian architect Kjetil Thorsen, of the architectural practice Snøhetta. It's form is like a spinning top with a ramped walkway running around the outside of the structure. Inside the pavilion is a cafe area with staged seating for possible lectures. At the top of the ramp you walk through a door way and onto what can be best described as a bird's nest that allows your to look over the cafe below. I like the way that it is so different to the rest of the landscape yet it seems to fit it well and that it is a simple yet effective design :)
From the Pavilion i walked through the park to Wellington Arch where I saw two of the queens horse drawn carriages moving along the roads, probably for the King of Saudi Arabia's royal visit.
From RIBA I went to Hyde Park to see autumn arriving and to also see what's on at the Serpentine Gallery and also the new temporary Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. The current exhibition in the Serpentine Gallery (probably the hardest gallery to get to in London) is a mixed media exhibition by Matthew Barney, where he uses restraints on the body to create his outcomes in work.
The new Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is designed by artist Olafur Eliasson and Norwegian architect Kjetil Thorsen, of the architectural practice Snøhetta. It's form is like a spinning top with a ramped walkway running around the outside of the structure. Inside the pavilion is a cafe area with staged seating for possible lectures. At the top of the ramp you walk through a door way and onto what can be best described as a bird's nest that allows your to look over the cafe below. I like the way that it is so different to the rest of the landscape yet it seems to fit it well and that it is a simple yet effective design :)
From the Pavilion i walked through the park to Wellington Arch where I saw two of the queens horse drawn carriages moving along the roads, probably for the King of Saudi Arabia's royal visit.
