Nouvel's pavilion, is the 10th summer installation and is the colour the old English Pillar Box or London Bus. It is red throughout. Red steel frame, red canvas awnings, a red rubber floor, with red table tennis tables, red hammocks, red tables and red chairs. There are red chess sets to play with, a red football and a red frisbee. The cafe (with delicious coffee and snacks) is also red and it stands out in Kensington Gardens like a beacon, or a circus, or something that is definitely worth another look.

Nouvel says of his work that he 'wanted it to catch and filter emotions, to be a little place of warmth and delight. ...... It's a building from a dream that allows us to have some little, I hope happy sensations. It's architecture on holiday.'

There is something hugely optimistic about The Pavilion, and the ping pong, football and general redness of it makes it delightful for the kids too.

The Serpentine Pavilion is open from 10th July until 17th October.

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