First photos of LANZA atelier’s Serpentine Pavilion

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Site to open to public this Friday

The first photographs of this year’s Serpentine pavilion have been published ahead of the attraction opening to visitors this Friday.

Mexican practice LANZA atelier’s concept for the annual commission in Kensington Gardens references a traditional type of English garden wall known as a serpentine, or a crinkle-crankle wall. 

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