BIG's Bjarke Ingels to create 2016 Serpentine Pavilion alongside four summer houses

The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion for 2016 will be designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG. This marks the 16th edition of the annual summer structure built in London's Kensington Gardens. The 2016 program expands to include four additional summer houses, conceived as architectural follies responding to the historic Queen Caroline's Temple from 1734. These companion structures will be created by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, Berlin-based studio Barkow Leibinger, Paris architect Yona Friedman, and British designer Asif Khan. The architects selected for the summer houses range in age from 36 to 93. This year's pavilion will be the final one overseen by Serpentine co-director Julia Peyton-Jones, who initiated the commission series. The announcement was made on 12 February 2016.