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Daily DoseArchitecture Design New Museum Paul Laster SANAA Serpentine Gallery
Daily Dose Pick: SANAA
9:05 am Thursday Sep 17, 2009 by Paul Laster

Designers of New York’s New Museum, SANAA have captivated London with their sleek, organic Serpentine Pavilion.

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa started the firm in 1995, but it’s their minimalist projects of the past decade that have brought them international acclaim. From the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Japan to the Zollverein School in Germany, their buildings reveal an abstract approach to the investigation of space.

See the Serpentine exhibition, read a designboom interview, look back at a New Museum survey, and buy the catalogue.


Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, Designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, © 2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Photograph: Iwan Baan

Video: SANAA interview – Serpentine Pavilion 2009 from The Architects’ Journal on Vimeo.

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natália • September 22nd, 2009 at 11:04 am

looks like sao paulo´s marquise do ibirapuera….

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