Here are the first official photographs of the completed 2011 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which was unveiled today by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 by Peter Zumthor
Rectangular voids are carved out of the stone facade of this monolithic pavilion in the Netherlands by Rotterdam-based Shift Architecture Urbanism. More about Faculty Club by Shift
Following our previous story about a labia-like staircase, these images by French photographer Stefan Tuchila illustrate the womb-like orbs created by artist Anish Kapoor in the Grand Palais, Paris. More about Leviathan by Anish Kapoor
Wiggling back and forth across an Amsterdam nature reserve, this curved timber maze by Dutch architect Anne Holtrop was designed to stage an exhibition of landscape paintings. More about Temporary Museum (Lake) by Anne Holtrop
Michigan architects Synecdoche stacked up timber offcuts to construct this pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia, held together by gravity alone. More about Edge Condition Pavilion by Synecdoche
British architects NEX have designed this cubed timber pavilion for the Chelsea Flower Show in London with the same structural form as a leaf. More about Eureka Pavilion by NEX and Marcus Barnett
This illuminated, webbed steel structure at the 2011 Xi’an International Horticultural Expo in China is the second project to be featured on Dezeen this week by London architects Plasma Studio. More about The Guangyun Entrance by Plasma Studio
This pavilion by London architects Plasma Studio is located at the heart of the 2011 Xi’an International Horticultural Expo, which is currently taking place in China. More about The Creativity Pavilion by Plasma Studio
The New Amsterdam Pavilion by Dutch architects UNStudio has opened to the public in New York's Battery Park. More about New Amsterdam Pavilion by UNStudio
An exhibition of work by London architect Zaha Hadid has opened inside her Mobile Art Pavilion (see our earlier story), which has found its permanent home in Paris having toured New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong since 2008. More about Une Architecture at the Mobile Art Pavilion by Zaha Hadid
Architects J Mayer H have completed a giant latticed timber canopy as part of their redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacíon in Seville, Spain. More about Metropol Parasol by J Mayer H
The Serpentine Gallery in London has unveiled designs for this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion: a walled garden by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 by Peter Zumthor
Dezeenwire: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has been commissioned to design this year's Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, according to publications including The Independent, confirming earlier rumours. Zumthor will be the 11th architect to design a temporary summer structure in front of the Serpentine Gallery.
Update: see images and text about the pavilion here.
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Design students Min‐Chieh Chen, Dominik Zausinger and Michele Leidi of the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, have sent us some images of a pavilion made of cardboard hoops. More about Packed by Min‐Chieh Chen, Dominik Zausinger and Michele Leidi
This inflatable pillow on stilts is a picnic pavilion designed by Netherlands design studio Overtreders W. More about The Roof That Goes Up in Smoke by Overtreders W
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: this stepped wooden pavilion by Irish studio dePaor Architects is on show at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about 4am by dePaor Architects
Dutch architects Zeinstra van Gelderen architecten have designed this one-man pavilion made entirely of rubber. More about Rubber House by Zeinstra van Gelderen architecten
Sjölander da Cruz Architects of Birmingham have completed this shelter at a park on a former wasteland in Amington, UK. More about Amington Youth Shelter by Sjölander da Cruz Architects
Featured category: for the summer season we've created a new architecture category, grouping together all our stories about pavilions, including last year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by SANAA (above), photographed by Iwan Baan. Featured category: pavilions
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Here are some more photographs of Jean Nouvel's recently-opened Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, this time taken by French photographer Julien Lanoo. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Jean Nouvel photographed by Julien Lanoo