ArtReview's Architectural Musings Amidst September Issue Launch

ArtReview's September issue, redesigned and released on 22 August, prompted a break from routine as the team visited Sou Fugimoto's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion for contemplation. Fugimoto's minimal white steel structure contrasts with Jan Gluszak Dagarama's detailed, unbuilt designs from the 1960s, featured in the Hayward Gallery's exhibition The Alternative Guide to the Universe, which highlights outsider artists and thinkers. Dagarama, a Polish schizophrenic who died in 2000, envisioned Humanopolis to address global issues like population growth. Meanwhile, Richard Rogers's Zip-Up House from 1968, a bright yellow model on pink stilts, is part of the Royal Academy's exhibition Richard Rogers RA: Inside Out, with a version built for his parents recently listed for sale. Leandro Erlich's Dalston House, a Barbican commission, offers an interactive installation using mirrors to distort gravity and explore Dalston's architectural history. The article concludes as ArtReview's printing presses halt, allowing a first look at the new magazine.