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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:31:36 +0530
The Serpentine had commissioned the German architect Frei Otto, but last
week announced it is instead working with Kjetil Thorsen, the Norwegian
architect who co-founded Snøhetta, and Olafur Eliasson, the Danish
artist who works with sound.
Gallery directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist say that
they have not cancelled Otto’s design, which they selected in late 2006,
but will instead give the 81-year-old architect another year to realize
his vision. A real building rather than a folly, the Serpentine pavilion
is used for talks, events, and parties every week during summer months
by hundreds of people at a time. It opens in June.
cont'd....
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/mar2007/id20070327_751006.htm?chan=innovation_architecture_top+stories