Podcasts about serpentine pavilion

Through her “archaeology of the future” design approach, the Lebanese-born, Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh has firmly established herself as a humanist who brings a profound awareness of past, present, and presence to all that she does. In the two decades since winning her breakthrough commission—the Estonian National Museum in Tartu—her practice has taken off, with Ghotmeh swiftly becoming one today's fastest-rising architectural stars. Just a week after we recorded this episode of Time Sensitive, she was named the winner of a competition to design the British Museum's Western Range and, shortly after that, she was announced as the architect of the new Qatar Pavilion in the historic Giardini of Venice; she is also the designer of the Bahrain Pavilion at the just-opened 2025 Osaka Expo. Across her high-touch, high-craft projects, whether a brick-clad Hermès leather-goods workshop in Normandy, France, completed in 2023; the timber-framed 2023 Serpentine Pavilion in London; or the concrete-walled Stone Garden apartment tower (2020) in Beirut, Ghotmeh celebrates the hand.On the episode, Ghotmeh reflects on the long-view, across-time qualities of her work and outlines what she believes is architecture's role in shaping a better world ahead.Special thanks to our Season 11 presenting sponsor, L'École, School of Jewelry Arts.Show notes:Lina Ghotmeh[5:01] “The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things”[5:01] George Kubler[5:01] Trevor Paglen[8:41] “The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time”[8:41] Tim Ingold[11:15] “Windows of Light”[11:15] “Lecture: Lina Ghotmeh”[12:06] Beatriz Colomina[12:06] “Are We Human?”[19:58] Gaston Bachelard[24:04] Olga de Amaral[24:04] Cartier Foundation[24:04] Juhani Pallasmaa[24:04] “The Eyes of the Skin”[26:39] Luis Barragán[31:09] Stone Garden (2020)[31:09] Hermès Workshops (2023)[36:36] Peter Zumthor[36:36] “Atmospheres”[41:53] Khalil Khouri[44:51] Jean Nouvel[44:51] Norman Foster[44:51] Estonian National Museum (2016)[46:41] Renzo Piano[46:41] Richard Rogers[46:41] Maya Lin[46:41] Dan Dorell[46:41] Tsuyoshi Tane[50:45] “The Poetic, Humanistic Architecture of Lina Ghotmeh”[51:40] Rimbaud Museum[54:48] “Light in Water” (2015)[54:48] The Okura Tokyo[59:22] Les Grands Verres, Palais de Tokyo (2017)[59:44] Zero-Carbon Hotel Concept (2019)[59:42] Serpentine Pavilion (2023)[1:04:11] Osaka Expo Bahrain Pavilion (2025) 

The internationally acclaimed and hugely influential artist Theaster Gates was born, raised and works in Chicago. He trained as a ceramicist, and still makes pottery, but it's just one part of a diverse artistic output that also includes painting, sculpture and vast installations, in works which often explore the black experience in contemporary America. He is best known for redeveloping derelict buildings for community projects, using art to transform run-down neighbourhoods of his city. A recipient of the prestigious Artes Mundi Prize, Gates is a professor at the University of Chicago and received the French government's prestigious Légion d'Honneur. Theaster Gates is part of the creative team behind the Barack Obama Presidential Centre currently under construction in Chicago. In 2022 he created the annual Serpentine Pavilion in London, a piece called Black Chapel which was conceived as a monument to his father. His most recent exhibition is 1965: Malcolm in Winter: A Translation Exercise at White Cube gallery.Theaster Gates tells John Wilson about the influence of his family upbringing. The youngest of nine siblings, and the only boy, he recalls assisting his father as he worked as a roofer. Later, when he was an established artist, and having inherited his father's tools and tar kettle, Theaster began to make paintings using hot bitumen in tribute to his father's labour. He also explains how, as a high achieving pupil, he was 'bussed' to a predominantly white school far from his home neighbourhood, and benefited from cultural opportunities that he may not have received otherwise. He also chooses the experience of spending a year in Japan learning ancient pottery techniques, and beginning his practise as a ceramicist. Producer Edwina Pitman

Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is under investigation for repatriating a Libyan warlord despite an active ICC arrest warrant and Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, pardons 13 people facing charges following weeks of protests in the country. Then: Emmanuel Macron promises to return the Louvre to its former glory and Marina Tabassum is to design the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion. Plus: lessons for Greenland: Denmark and Canada’s “Whiskey War”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Minsuk Cho is a Korean architect and designer of this year's Serpentine Pavilion."We have a demanding role as architects, and I think movies are a good comparison: it's always so polarising – there are serious directors, versus blockbuster directors – but there is a way of doing both."Show notes:Eun-Me Ahn - Korean Choreographer Cities on the Move - exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and You HanrouJang Young-Gyu - Korean musician and composer responsible for the 2024 Serpentine Pavilion's sound installation Heman Chong and archivist Renée Staal - collaborators on the 2024 Pavilion's “Library of Unread Books” Won Buddhism Wonnam Temple by MASS Studies Madang, traditional Korean courtyardReferences: Bruno Taut & Buckminster Fuller 2006 Serpentine Pavilion by Rem Koolhaas with Cecil Balmond 2010 Shanghai Expo Pavilion by MASS StudiesCrow's Eye View: The Korean Peninsula – 2014 Venice Biennale Korean Pavilion co-curated by Minsuk Cho Gottfried Semper's Four Elements of Architecture (1851)Eduard Glissant - Philosopher and poet from Martinique OM Ungers' 1978 essay on Berlin's Green Archipelago Bong Joon-ho - Korean director (Host, Ok-ja, Parasite)Park Chan-wook - Korean director (Old Boy, the Handmaiden, Decision to Leave) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ENJOYING A NEW CHALLENGE. Minsuk Cho is the South Korean architect who has envisioned the Serpentine Pavilion 2024, the 23rd pavilion in the series, in London's Kensington Gardens. It is titled Archipelagic Void as a unique void surrounded by a constellation of smaller adaptable structures, each of which has a specific purpose: the Gallery, the Auditorium, the Library, the Play Tower and the Tea House. Minsuk Cho trained in Seoul and New York, and worked in America and the Netherlands before returning to Korea to open his own practice, which he calls Mass Studies. “Architecture's unique language allows people to interact, engage and understand in a very positive way.“ “This Serpentine project is exciting because the whole thing only takes six months from conception to completion.“ “The world is changing, and I don't want to become a jaded professional. I take everything as a new challenge.“

Millions of voters across the EU's 27 member states are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament. The ballot will return 720 MEPs who could have a major effect on the bloc's political direction. Joe Biden accuses Benjamin Netanyahu of purposefully prolonging the war in Gaza. Plus: this year's new Serpentine Pavilion is unveiled and Egypt bids to be the first African nation to host the Olympics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talk Art Special LIVE EPISODE with Ruinart! We met leading French artist EVA JOSPIN! Live from London's Frieze week, this inspiring episode was recorded in the Serpentine Pavilion designed by Lina Ghotmeh in front of a live audience. With the belief art can enlighten and connect us, Ruinart gives Carte Blanche to leading contemporary artists every year to pay tribute to the Maison's legacy, this year French Artist Eva Jospin.As part of the Carte Blanche program Eva Jospin imagined an artistic and sensory encounter offering her vision of the terroir of Maison Ruinart. Like a cross-sectional landscape, the site of the Montagne de Reims appeared to the French artist as composed of different geological and temporal strata, real and imaginary. Eva Jospin is passionate about the richness of this region and the know-how transmitted there: from the underground world of the crayères to the roots and interlacing vines; from the coronation of the kings of France in Reims Cathedral to the ennoblement of the Ruinart family under Charles X; and from the conversion of the old chalk quarries into cellars to the Maison's expanded commitment to supporting biodiversity. PROMENADE(S), a series of drawings, sculptures and embroideries, invites each of us to immerse ourselves in this landscape, as if plunging into a mysterious story intertwining the cycles of history and plants, life and creation. It is on show now at Frieze London in the Ruinart Art Bar until 15 October. More can be found out at Ruinart.comFollow @RuinartPlease drink responsibly THANKS FOR LISTENING!!! Special thanks to everyone who got a ticket and came to watch this episode recording Live in London!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode opens up to consider intimacy with the world around us. Today, many of us feel – and are – disconnected from place, and not everyone feels equally at home in the spaces we move through. Ranging from urban and built environments to social and digital worlds, this episode asks what we need to be able to feel comfortable and intimate with our surroundings. How are artists challenging and working with different forms of space and place? And what happens when we can reconnect with the elements, environments, people, and other beings around us? Featuring an interview with 2023 Serpentine Pavilion architect Lina Gotmeh, an original sound work by Black Power Naps, an audio excerpt from a project by Jakob Kudsk Steensen from the Serpentine archive, and Serpentine curator Kay Watson in conversation with Gaylene Gould. Subscribe to Serpentine Podcast now to be the first to hear new Intimacies episodes. You can connect with the series on socials @serpentineuk, and you can find more information and full descriptive transcripts at www.serpentinegalleries.org/art-and-ideas/serpentine-podcast-intimacies/. CREDITS Hosted by Gaylene Gould Produced by Katie Callin (Reduced Listening) Production support by Nada Smiljanic (Reduced Listening) Executive production by Anishka Sharma (Reduced Listening) Curated by Hanna Girma and Fiona Glen Mix engineering by Jesse Lawson (Reduced Listening) Theme music by Hinako Omori Visual identity by the unloved ABOUT INTIMACIES Serpentine Podcast: Intimacies explores the complexities of closeness, and asks how we can expand and evolve our intimacy with others, ourselves, and the world around us. Join our host, Gaylene Gould, as she gathers perspectives from artists, designers, writers, thinkers, and more on how we can rekindle trust, and open ourselves up to new possibilities for connection. Confronting the slippery topics of fear, vulnerability, sex, love and loneliness in art and life, the Intimacies series delves into the feelings and experiences which we don't always voice – from our relationships with family or strangers, to the things we fear most and our deepest desires, to our surroundings and our innermost selves. Each episode combines interviews, original audio works, conversations, and pieces from the Serpentine archive. This series itself is personal, emotional, reflective, and an exploration of vulnerability in many ways. 

Sumayya Vally is the founder and principal of Counterspace, a Johannesburg-based architecture and research studio. Counterspace is committed to developing a design language that acknowledges and resonates with the African continent. In 2019, Counterspace was invited to design the 20th Serpentine Pavilion in London, making Vally the youngest architect ever to win this internationally renowned commission. She recently curated the first Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah. Vally is currently collaborating on the design of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development in Monrovia, Liberia, the first presidential library dedicated to a female head of state, where she will oversee the scenography, pavilions, and exhibition spaces. She and Zuckerman spoke about imagination, fear of design, metaphors of healing, dialogue with place, the first Islamic Arts Biennale, having a life in a city, ingredients of gathering, architecture of ritual, dynamic restoration, everyone is welcome, beauty, gathering and belonging, and having a practice of hope and optimism!

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. Architect Lina Ghotmeh was born and raised in Beirut, where she studied at the American University. In 2005, while working in London and collaborating with Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Foster & Partners, she won an international competition to design the Estonian National Museum. Following this victory, she co-founded her first studio, DGT Architects, in Paris. Upon delivery of this project in 2016, she had established Lina Ghotmeh—Architecture. Ghotmeh has won several prestigious awards, has delivered multiple commended projects and designed the Serpentine Pavilion 2023, À Table.

What was it like curating the 1st Diriyah Islamic Arts Biennale? And how do you capture the essence of a place that is in the hearts and minds of Muslims around the world? Sumayya Vally talks to us about her personal relationship with Saudi Arabia, suspended geographies, adding to the Islamic Art canon, and reimagining Jeddah's Western Hajj Terminal as an exhibition space. She talks us through it from the very conceptualization of the Diriyah Islamic Arts Biennale in Saudi Arabia to individual pieces that caught Mikey's attention when he attended the opening. We also touch on what it's like letting go of a creative project once it has come to fruition, with Sumayya likening the process to post-partum depression. Lastly, we hear about what Sumayya and her research and architecture practice, Counterspace, are working on now.Sumayya Vally is an award-winning architect from South Africa. In 2022, the World Economic Forum chose her as one of its Young Global Leaders. She has been featured as a TIME100 Next List Honoree. Vally is also on the board of directors for the World Monuments Fund and is the founder of Counterspace, a research and architecture practice. In 2019, Counterspace was chosen to design the 20th Serpentine Pavilion in London. This made Vally the youngest architect to ever win this prestigious commission. Finally, Vally worked as artistic director for the very first Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah that ran from January through to April of 2023. Created & hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About Outline:Outline is a process-focused conversation that looks at guests' individual projects rather than their full bodies of work. The conversation sketches the journey of the project; the spark of curiosity that led to the project, the process of implementing the idea, the struggles that emerged throughout the implementation, and the aftermath of the project that includes new questions and new ideas. The name “Outline” stems from the idea of creating a retroactive project outline which is part of a broader emphasis on the process of curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking from a nuts and bolts perspective. Outline is not discipline-specific; the series will be held with artists, academics, writers, filmmakers, among others. Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook -Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com 

The fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, best known for popularising the mini skirt which helped define the swinging sixties has died at the age of 93. The Telegraph's fashion writer Melissa Twigg who knew Mary and the fashion Amber Butchart discussed her impact and legacy. Sumayya Vally has been described as one of the most exciting, innovative and fresh voices in architecture, she's featured on the TimesNext100 list, and was the youngest ever architect to design the iconic Serpentine Pavilion in Hyde Park. Now she is the woman behind the innaugral Islamic Arts Biennal in Saudi Arabia, which aims to bridge past, present and future of Islamic culture through a unique multi-sensorial experience. Sumayya joins Anita to talk about how her upbringing as an Indian muslim in South Africa has shaped her view on the world and the structures she creates. A new report highlights concerns about infants with non-accidental injuries being missed by clinicians in busy A&E departments. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has examined serious case reports of infants being harmed and initially sent away without safeguarding teams being alerted. Their findings suggest factors such as lack of curiosity and lack of specific national guidance for Emergency Departments could be at play. Emma Booth is on the Woman's Hour Power List, this year focussed on women in sport. Emma impressed the judges as she took a public stand against major golf brand TaylorMade and their lack of female imagery and golf products for women. Emma joins Anita to discuss speaking out against such a well-known company and how it is to be a woman in golf. As we head into peak hen do season, Anita will be discussing the rise of the "healthy hen do" with Hannah Dean who set up her own hen party company as a direct result of her divorce, and writer Ellie Steafal who went on six hen parties last year alone. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Dianne McGregor

The 2022 Booker Prize Short List was announced at 7pm on Tuesday 6 September 2022 at the Serpentine Pavilion, Kensington Gardens, central London and RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was there to capture the atmosphere and the announcement of the short listed books by Booker Prize chair Of Judges, Neil MacGregor. Just before the announcement of the short list, Toby caught up with Neil MacGregor to find out a bit more about the 2022 long list and how he and the rest of the Judges whittled down the 13 books to the six short listed books, plus also a bit about some of the Authors and the six chosen book clubs who will be each given one of the six short listed books to read and discuss. The winner of the 2022 Booker Prize will be announced at a ceremony on 16 October 2022 at the Roundhouse in London. More details about the Booker Prize and the short listed books can be found by visiting the Booker Prize website - https://thebookerprizes.com/ (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Frida Escobedo joins the podcast to discuss her experience designing the Serpentine Pavilion, how small scale installations influence her architecture, and the commission to design the new wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Architecture can embody and project power. But it can also, especially in our cities, be a tool in the hands of those who resist, expressing the creativity and resilience of their cultures. In Episode 6 of our Culture and the City Series, Tim Williams speaks about this and much more with Sumayya Vally, Johannesburg-born founder of Counterspace. In 2021 Sumayya designed the Serpentine Pavilion and in 2022-23, she will curate the inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah. In this powerful and compelling conversation, Sumayya traces the paths of her career trajectory and sources of inspiration, revealing why the city is the place where diverse peoples gather and co-create. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Theaster Gates is a potter, a sculptor, a film-maker, a curator of black history, a real estate developer and a professor of fine art in Chicago, where he lives - and where he's also transformed a whole run-down area near the university. When he was made a professor in 2007, he bought a derelict bank for a dollar, tore out the urinals, cut them up and sold them off at five thousand dollars each as artworks – thereby raising enough money to create a large new art centre. That was just the beginning, as he explains. Gates's art and installation work is shown all over the world, and current projects include a library for Obama and this year's Serpentine Pavilion building. As his recent show at the Whitechapel revealed, his work is ambitious and provocative - he takes pots and deconstructs them so that they're exploding, back to the original clay. He films his work in dream-like spaces - a huge abandoned factory, for instance, full of broken bricks and haunting music, including his own singing. Theaster Gates is also a musician, the founder of a group called The Black Monks of Mississippi, which aims to rescue old songs from the black South. He brings Michael Berkeley a playlist that includes Scott Joplin, Joseph Boulogne, Rachmaninoff and gospel music sung by Leontyne Price. A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3 Produced by Elizabeth Burke

Architecture is meant to bring people together: That's Francis Kéré's motto. The architect from Africa has his office in Berlin. In 2021, he was named architect of the year in Germany.

In June's episode of The Crit we are joined by Johanna Agerman Ross to discuss this month's museum openings; the commercialisation of space flight; the new Serpentine Pavilion; the risk to Liverpool's UNESCO world heritage status; and some nefarious app design. The episode also features an extended interview with architect Alan Maskin of Olson Kundig, speaking about his recent work on ANOHA – The Children's World of the Jewish Museum Berlin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Deze aflevering zijn we kritisch op én intrigued door de nieuwe toren De Zalmhaven. We verbazen ons er over hoe vaak gemeenten de plank mis slaan als het gaat om aanbestedingen én als het gaat om gemeenteslogans. Het nieuwe Serpentine paviljoen is prachtig, maar was de aanleiding voor de grootste duurzaamheidsdiscussie van het jaar. 1. Ruzie in de tent Voetbal is emotie. De plannen voor het nieuwe Feyenoord stadion roepen enorm veel emoties op. Het loopt zelfs uit de hand nu blijkt dat de begroting over grote gaten beschikt en de voetbalambities wellicht te hoog liggen voor de club. Wethouders worden bedreigd, net als de geplande woningbouw. - Bronnen OMA: https://www.oma.com/projects/feyenoord-city Bedreigingen: https://nos.nl/artikel/2385512-rotterdammer-aangehouden-voor-bedreigingen-rond-plannen-feyenoord-city Voorstanders en tegenstanders in NRC: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/06/17/niemand-gelooft-nog-in-dat-stadion-a4047581 & https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/06/17/feyenoord-city-voor-club-en-stad-a4047585 2. Oeps, foutje! Het gaat niet altijd goed bij gemeentelijke aanbestedingen wanneer het gaat over de gebouwde omgeving. Eén gemeente maakt het wel erg bont en zien honderden woningbezitters door een foute berekening hun WOZ waarde verdampen. - Bronnen Architectuur.nl: At5: https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/209396/gloednieuwe-fietsenstalling-leidseplein-geplaagd-door-lekkage Het Parool: https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/binnenbad-noorderparkbad-moet-dicht-tegelvloer-kan-niet-tegen-chloor~b5893a1c/ RtvDrenthe: https://www.rtvdrenthe.nl/nieuws/170855/Wethouder-erkent-fout-bomenkap-Nooitgedacht-en-wil-beter-samenwerken-met-inwoners AD: https://www.architectuur.nl/nieuws/ondergrondse-fietsenstalling-onder-kleine-gartmanplantsoen-geopend/ 3. Duurzame discussie Het nieuwe Serpentine Pavilion is opgeleverd, prachtig en mega doordacht. Het ontwerp door Counterspace van Sumayya Vally is een pareltje, krijgt lovende recensies en beoogt duurzaam te zijn. Maar is dit wel het geval? - Bronnen: Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z60T_yO65SM Dezeen discussie over duurzaamheid: https://www.dezeen.com/2021/06/16/carbon-emissions-serpentine-pavilion-biomaterials-concrete-aecom/ Recensie Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/13/serpentine-pavilion-2021-review-a-sophisticated-chimera-of-light-and-depth 4. Waar kijk ik naar? Ariadne was afgelopen weekend precies na één jaar terug in de stad aan de Maas. Op exact dezelfde locatie leek het uitzicht in één jaar tijd veranderd. Wat blijkt: in Rotterdam verrijkt in hoog tempo het hoogste gebouw van Nederland. Het gebouw draagt de naam Zalmhaven en blijkt op een unieke methode gebouwd te worden. - Bronnen: De Zalmhaven: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Zalmhaven Wiki: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Zalmhaven BAM: bambouwtdezalmhaven.nl/actueel/nieuws 5. Ik vraag dit voor een vriend Je bent geen echte gemeente als je geen gemeenteslogan hebt. De één is briljant, de ander één grote grap. Michelle probeert antwoord te geven op de vraag van vriend van de show Roel: waarom hebben gemeenten een gemeenteslogan? - Bronnen: AT5: https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/209508/gemeente-steekt-ton-in-campagne-om-toerisme-op-gang-te-krijgen Ter-neuzen: https://www.pzc.nl/zeeuws-vlaanderen/ze-zijn-er-de-neuzen-met-ter-ervoor-gewoon-leuk-of-om-je-kapot-te-schamen~a5a31c61/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Alle slogans:https://toponderzoek.nl/2017/06/19/overzicht-van-gemeenteslogans-in-nederland/ 6. Kantoren: een noodzakelijk kwaad? Na een jaar thuiswerken kondigt de regering aan dat we weer naar kantoor mogen. Maar willen we dat wel? Ligt de toekomst van werken thuis, of op kantoor? Wat vaststaat: wonen en werken zullen nooit meer zo'n gescheiden wereld zijn als vóór 2020. - Bronnen: Forum: https://www.aeta.nl/geschiedenis-van-magazine-forum

11. AJ Climate Champions with Hattie Hartman.  In this second episode on landscape, we speak to Jo Gibbons of landscape practice J&L Gibbons whose wide-ranging work encompasses both the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden in Hackney and Walpole Park in Ealing, the setting of John Soane's Pitzhanger Manor. Gibbons explains why she won't go near a project unless she's involved from the outset and why today, diversity of planting is essential for biosecurity. A frequent external examiner, Gibbons bemoans the fact that there are so few landscape architects, while in architecture schools, architects too often design landscapes with minimal landscape tuition. In a news roundup, co-hosts Hattie Hartman and George Morgan unpick the furore surrounding the Serpentine Pavilion's carbon negative claims and the alarming findings of the latest Committee on Climate Change report. For show notes to this episode and to listen to all AJ podcasts, visit architectsjournal.co.uk/podcasts

Beatie Wolfe is a musician and experimental artist whose been described as a “musical weirdo and visionary.” Now in her latest work, From Green to Red, she is tackling climate change. Beatie tells Chi Chi Izundu how she created the work which is part music video, part protest piece using 800,000 years of historic NASA data. This week sees the opening of the Serpentine Pavilion, one of the world's most prestigious architecture commissions. The creative mind behind the 2021 design is South African architect Sumayya Vally. Sumayya speaks to Chi Chi about how her upbringing in apartheid South Africa influenced her community focused vision of urban design. A new exhibition on borders has opened in Belfast from the Turner Prize-nominated artist Willie Doherty. The exhibition is called Where and it features video, imagery and text to explore issues of division at borders around the world including Northern Ireland and the United States and Mexico border. Chi Chi Izundu talks to Willie about the exhibition and why he hopes it will challenge assumptions and thinking. Plus French shoe designer to the stars, Christian Louboutin, talks about how his childhood visits to one of the most notable Parisian museums sparked his creativity and may well have helped launch his career. Presented by Chi Chi Izundu (Photo: Beatie Wolfe. Credit: Ross Harris)

This week Merlin caught up with Shawn Adams - writer, architectural designer, and cofounder of POoR Collective. They discuss Sumayya Vally's long-awaited Serpentine Pavilion, the government's chief architect's resignation, the contentious South Kensington tube station overhaul, and the RIBA's 2021 fellows lack of diversity.The Londown is produced in association with the Architects' Journal. If you enjoyed the show, we recommend you subscribe to the AJ for all the latest news, building studies, expert opinion, cultural analysis, and business intelligence from the UK architecture industry. Listeners can save 15% on a subscription using this link. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sadiq Khan set for landslide victory winning a second term as London mayor, Open City trustees win job to design 8 billion pound Thamesmead redevelopment, Serpentine Pavilion criticised over un-sustainable concrete foundations, and NEO Bankside residents take Tate Modern to the Supreme Court. Join Zoe Cave and writer, journalist, and author Owen Hatherley as they dissect this week's top architecture news. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What will it take to end the war in Yemen? Plus: Australia’s high court rules that its indigenous population cannot be deported, a brief history of failed infrastructure projects and Monocle’s culture editor, Chiara Rimella, has the latest on Serpentine Pavilion 2020.

Summer isn't over yet! There's still a wealth of summer blockbuster exhibitions to feast your eyes on: Keith Haring at Tate Liverpool, Tal R at the new Hastings Contemporary, and Faith Ringgold at the Serpentine - which brings us to the controversy around the Serpentine Pavilion this year, including art's recurring problem of unpaid interns.And over in Hollywood, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio have been making ceramics together late into the night at Pitt's studio. And we feel unsettled.But meanwhile our August artist focus has us chilled out and happy once again. Thank you Richard Long for introducing us to Land Art and your serene, poetic works. Take a listen to how we try and describe Land Art and Walk Art, be patient with us. Don't go yet summer, we love looking around galleries all sweaty and flustered… SHOW NOTES:Keith Haring at Tate Liverpool, until 10 November 2019: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/keith-haring Three exhibitions at the brand new Hastings Contemporary: https://www.hastingscontemporary.org/ The Art Gorgeous: https://theartgorgeous.com/ and on Instagram: @the_art_gorgeousThe Abstract Duke: @abstractdukeStill Life With Toddler: @stilllifewithtoddler_The Rebel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel_(1961_film) Faith Ringgold at the Serpentine, until 8 September 2019: https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/faith-ringgold Alan Yentob interviews Faith Ringgold, on BBC iplayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0006wh6/imagine-2019-5-faith-ringgold-tell-it-like-it-is Junya Ishigami's Serpentine Pavilion: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jun/23/serpentine-pavilion-antepavilion-colour-palace-dulwich Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio Have Been Making Ceramics Together Late Into the Night at Pitt's Studio: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brad-pitt-and-leo-dicaprio-making-art-1608823 Richard Long: http://www.richardlong.org/ Videos of Richard Long at work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPHL4JjKXyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD2Ai_BECbg https://www.houghtonhall.com/art-and-exhibitions/past-exhibitions/richard-long-at-houghton-hall/

Every year since 2000 London’s Serpentine Gallery has offered an architect who has never built in the UK a very special challenge - to design a boundary pushing temporary building to stand in the heart of Kensington Gardens, London. They have just six months, a sixth of the average amount of time it takes to design and construct a building. Architect Maria Smith follows Junya Ishigami and the pavilion team as they use their experience and ingenuity to try to construct the design. It’s a forest of slender white columns supporting a 61 ton roof of Cumbrian slate, a structure Junya refers to as 'a black bird flying through the rain'. How can they realise such a technically demanding building in such a short time and what will the public and the critics think when it’s finally complete? Featuring a diverse selection from the huge team which contribute to the building, including architect Sir David Adjaye, curator Amira Gad, Project Manager Ted Featonby, Engineer Michael Orr and Serpentine Head of Construction and Buildings Julie Burnell. With access to almost every facet of the project Maria takes us into the normally unseen corners of this complex, challenging and internationally unparalleled architectural event.

HOST: Louise (16.4) GUEST: Max (18.6) EDITING: Louise (16.4) and Louis (10.4) JINGLES/MUSIC: Anton (12.6) and L'Impératrice A guide to London with Max from Kitchen 18-6 Have a look at the interactive Google maps to find the places mentioned ;) Map here: http://bit.ly/2F6f48u Best time to go - Mid to late spring : April to June - September/October - August: lot quieter How to move around - Big city! - The Tube is the best Less touristy museums - Victoria and Albert museum: costumes, craft artefacts, beautiful building - Tate Britain: collection of art pieces from Early modern, nice building, walk along the river to get to it - Science museum: fun with children, best gift shop Architecture Many different areas of architecture - Two temple place: near temple station, gothic building (wooden panels, stain glass windows), film set, house used to be owned by the Astor family, free exhibitions from January till April. - The Royal Courts of Justice: little courtyards, pathways - The Barbican: brutalist housing, above street level, concrete pathways, gardens, in middle there is the Barbican museum, wondering around in summer. - Tate Modern: old power station, modern art - Serpentine Pavilion : each year a different world renown architect builds a temporary building in Hyde Park Outdoor activities - Ice rinks: Sommerset house (part of Kings College university, in the central court yard), Hampton court Palace (a bit more in the suburbs, Henri the VIIIth) - Outdoor swimming pools: from the 50’s, East or South, nice way to spend an afternoon - Parks: Kensington gardens, Hyde park, Saint James’ Park (behind Buckingham Palace), Battersea Park, The Chelsea Physic garden (tranquil and quite) - Kew Gardens : palm house (huge glass house), pagoda Walks - Up and down Embankment - Westminster bridge: best view of the Houses of Parliament - Walk along SouthBank —> South Bank center, small food and drink places —> the Globe, Tate Modern —> Millenium bridge —> Borough Market - The Hungerford bridge: from Waterloo to Charing Cross - Waterloo bridge: really wide bridge, view to the Financial center and Saint Paul and on the other side to the Houses of Parliament and London Eye, windblown. - V&A, Natural History museum —> The Conran shop —> Chelsea Shopping - Liberty : near to Oxford Circus, beautiful wooden building, central atrium, high end but diverse brands, cool perfume hall, famous fabric section. - The Conran shop: design shop, eclectic, modern building connected to a restaurant in an old Michelin building, in Chelsea - Vintage stores Fix places in the West End > Rokit: Covent Garden, Brick Lane, Camden > Beyond Retro: Soho (good area to wonder around to find independent vintage shops) FOOD Street food - Borough Market: nice place to go for lunch, social areas where you can sit, many different cuisines, bakers, next to the Shard. - Brick Lane Restaurants - So many different cuisines —> Time Out is a good resource - BAO: Korean restaurant, 2 in the West End - Dishoom: Indian restaurant - Wasabi: Sushi is a lot cheaper compared to CPH! - Honey and co: middle eastern food, tiny, near BT tower Traditional food - Mince pie at Christmas - Hot cross buns at Easter - Pub food: country pub out of London (Henley) Out of London - Brighton: town on the South coast of the UK, 40 minutes train ride from London, seaside resort town, old victorian architecture, socially progressive and gay influence, fish and chips, small lanes, shops Going out Clubs - Koko: Camdem, music venue in an old theatre, rococo, good gigs and club nights - Heaven: famous in the 80’s, West End, many rooms Bars - In the West End, Covent Garden > Copenhagen Map here: http://bit.ly/2HVFg7D

Francis Kéré inaugure le nouveau pavillon de la Serpentine Gallery à Hyde Park, en plein coeur de Londres. L'architecte s'est inspiré de traditions de son village natal de Gando, au Burkina Faso, où les arbres servent de lieu de rendez-vous et de débat pour la communauté. La structure de bois, peinte en bleu indigo, reprend aussi les codes locaux en référence à la couleur des habits d'apparat, portés lors des moments importants dans la vie des habitants. Qu'il s'agisse de l'inauguration d'une maison ou d'un premier rendez-vous amoureux ! Plus d'info sur www.culturealt.com

Quer maneira melhor de expor arquitetura do que através das obras construídas? Essa é a proposta do Serpetine Gallery que convida anualmente um grande arquiteto para construir um pavilhão para o verão. Muitos já passaram...

In our bumper shortlist episode, we hear about the six novels which made the cut. First we head to the press conference at Man Group Plc, where host Joe Haddow speaks to BBC Arts Correspondent Rebecca Jones about what draws the books together: experimentation and unsympathetic characters. Next Joe is joined by two of this year's judges, writer and academic Jon Day and actor Olivia Williams, who compare the judging process to 12 Angry Men and describe their families as the unsung heroes of the process. Olivia talks about acting in literary adaptations and what it's like to star alongside Bill Murray, whilst Jon discusses his former career as a cycle courier! Finally we go behind-the-scenes at the Serpentine Pavilion during the shortlist party to hear reactions from Waterstones Fiction Buyer Chris White and two of the shortlisted authors. Graeme Macrae Burnet tells us the importance of independent voices in the world of literature and Deborah Levy reveals she always wears a swimming costume to parties! Join in the conversation @ManBookerPrize with #ManBooker2016 and #FinestFiction

This year's winning Serpentine Pavilion, designed by BIG, came with an architectural posse—for the first time in the Serpentine Pavilion's history, the annual competition also featured four "Summer Houses" designed by other international architects. The pavilion and summer houses open to the public tomorrow on the Serpentine Galleries' lawn in London's Royal Kensington Gardens, and we discuss our initial take on their at once surprising and familiar elements. Get briefed on the pavilion and the summer houses with Robert Urquhart's coverage here.

Long-time Archinector and reliably sane commentator Will Galloway joins us from his base in Tokyo to discuss the weekly news, including his interview with Assemble, crucially taking place mere weeks before they won the Turner Prize. Otherwise, while news from Bjarke Ingels Group commanded the feistiest comment threads – with renderings of BIG's spiraling Hudson Yards tower provoking debate over craft in skyscrapers, and the firm being selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion for 2016 in their last last eligible year – the last week included big news for firms both star-studded and unknown. MoMA PS1 named Escobedo Solíz Studio as the 2016 winner of its Young Architects Program, for their "Weaving the Courtyard" submission, while Dame Zaha Hadid received her RIBA Gold Medal (the first woman to win solo). And for you planning wonks, we throw in a brief discussion of a controversial proposed ballot measure to halt big developments in Los Angeles. 

Lots of summer blockbuster news to discuss on this week's podcast. The winner of the Helsinki Guggenheim competition was announced (a young husband-wife firm from Paris took the cake), SelgasCano's "psychedelic chrysalis" Serpentine Pavilion opened, and Andres Jaque's COSMO for MoMA PS1's "Warm Up" began its water cycle. And while not quite blockbusting, in what could easily be the premise for a Vincent Price flick, residents of the blighted Robin Hood Gardens dared Lord Rogers to spend a night in their quarters. Special guests Quilian Riano and Peggy Deamer of The Architecture Lobby join our news discussion this week, dropping their excellent and incisive commentary on ethical practice into every topic. We are collaborating with the Lobby to measure satisfaction with work-life balance in architecture – take the 3-question survey here.