Fortunately, this year I was able to visit Serpentine pavilion again. I always thought that Serpentine pavilion is the place, which I should visit every year, when I can do it. Sometimes it is very surprisingly, sometimes predictable. This year there are a few things to discuss and may be to argue.

Creativity happens, suddenly...

Sometimes, somewhere.... something interesting always happens.
It could be on your site, for instance.

CUBE pavilion in Milano spring of 2012

If you visited Milano this spring, you might see very unusual white structure on the left side from Duomo.
Small pavilion sits on top of traditional classic building and looks exactly like UFO's picknick desk.
Really this is a restaurant, very lovely place to observe evening activity on Duomo square together with fantastic Mishlen cuisine.
The project has made by Park Associati for Electrolux, and been finished in 2011.

Wander through Mies van der Rohe pavilion!

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We started with amazing Mies van der Rohe pavilion built in Barcelona in 1929.
Every piece of marble sits exactly on its place, pools, columns, metal window frames...
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Guggenheim Museum New York - few details

The normal view of the museum is clean modernist. But this amazing building has some interesting details show to as how complicated was the world of architecture at the time, when this building was created.

Empire State building - view from the top

The first picture shows my first morning in America. becouse of difference of timezones I wake up at 5 o'clock and just wait the moment when the morning light is enough for my first picture.

My first visit I could not help to visit this building. This is the icon, for sure. But the view from it's top is also iconic. Cloudy weather just helps to realise the vertical scale of Manhattan. Yes, it is my personal reflection, I know. A lot of pictures have been made from this position. And different directions of view round about give you almost the same view - chaos of buildings without any order. Propellers by aircondition on the roofs. The mix of building technologies. Easy to imagine the storm of pollutions from this city. Different principles of buildings, different egos. This American dream has been born and built before the crisis. What is the next step of American building industry.

The piece of architecture

German based architectural bureau Bruckner & Brucner started their practice with small nice pavilion installed far from any habitation in the east part of Bavaria near Tirshenreuth. Actually, nowadays this company still keeps this style very clear.  But this one of the first experience, many years ago, still looks innovative and full of inventions. I can not find the info, but as I have been explained by friends, they built this shelter as diploma project for their own money and at the land where they had have private agreement with the owner.

Lago Maggiore - the development of flows

 Just another one variation includes three different parts in three different levels. It is more suitable for the slope. I feel I closer and closer to final solution:)

One more almost black piece of architecture...

  This is black hall in Malpenca aeroport in Milano, Italy. This space suddenly appears on the way from Terminal 1 to railway station. It's stunning design looks perfect in contrast to the entire old fashion style of aeroport buildings. Completely up to date even including smoke (first time active smoke for interiors have appeared on last Venice Bienalle). It is good idea to present Milano to arrivals through such sophisticated interior.

Little black dress of modern architecture...

 Normally, when Serpentine gallery invites some architects to build annual pavilion in Kensington garden, itmeans it should be like manifesto. But what if every regular building of the architect already is the manifesto?

After last year announcement that Piter Zumtor is the author of 2011's Serpentine pavilion, everyone was intrigued just because Zumtor's work is always concrete, stone, something strong... Will this temporary pavilion also be build from concrete?... How it could be removed next year?