In 2013, the Serpentine Pavilion was designed by the Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto like a cloud floating above the grass. Now he is back, not far away, with the inaugural exhibition in Japan House, ‘Sou Fujimoto: Futures of the Future’, which shows models for some of his designs such as the Serpentine Pavilion, the Beton […]
As high streets up and down the country seek to reinvent themselves to respond to the new dynamics which threaten the old ways of doing things, Japan House is a welcome new addition to Kensington High Street. Built in the 1930’s as Derry & Tom’s Department store at the same time as its neighbour Barkers, […]
Fire! In the darkness of London, a fire broke out just after midnight on Sunday 2nd September 1666 in a bakery in Pudding Lane. With the medieval jumble of streets of closely-packed timber-framed buildings and a strong wind blowing from the east, the fire quickly spread to neighbouring buildings and then to adjacent streets and, […]
The 2013 pavilion designed by Sou Fujimoto has now opened. It looks impressive at night when the lighting illuminates it into a cloud floating on the lawn; I’m not sure about a cold wet London day when walking on the glass could be slippery. Tweet
"The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul."
(Thomas Moore)
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