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
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