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Collection by Luke Hopping

Breezy Seasonal Pavilions

With spring approaching, we survey a few modern pavilions.

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Mike McKay created this paired-down pavilion at the New Orleans Botanical Garden so volunteers rebuilding the park after Hurricane Katrina could have a shady place to unwind.
Mike McKay created this paired-down pavilion at the New Orleans Botanical Garden so volunteers rebuilding the park after Hurricane Katrina could have a shady place to unwind.
Architect Gianni Talamini (in blue) with curator Juulia Kauste and exhibition designer Esa Vesmanen stand in front of the restored pavilion. photo by: Patricia Parinejad
Architect Gianni Talamini (in blue) with curator Juulia Kauste and exhibition designer Esa Vesmanen stand in front of the restored pavilion. photo by: Patricia Parinejad
Quintessa Winery has a commitment to creating modern architecture that complements rather than competes with the landscape.
Quintessa Winery has a commitment to creating modern architecture that complements rather than competes with the landscape.
2009: Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA An abstract steel sunshade, which floats like smoke amidst the trees, was the focus of the Japanese architect’s 2009 design, support on slight columns like a parasol on a warm spring day. Photograph © 2009 Edmund Sumner/VIEW
2009: Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA An abstract steel sunshade, which floats like smoke amidst the trees, was the focus of the Japanese architect’s 2009 design, support on slight columns like a parasol on a warm spring day. Photograph © 2009 Edmund Sumner/VIEW
The Birch Pavilion sits atop a 14-by-26-foot platform composed of hemlock and pressure-treated timbers. Photo courtesy of Moskow Linn Architects.
The Birch Pavilion sits atop a 14-by-26-foot platform composed of hemlock and pressure-treated timbers. Photo courtesy of Moskow Linn Architects.
The architects positioned the pavilion to serve as a gateway between an active part of the park, where playing fields dominate, and the less active, more natural eastern end. Photo by Carolyn Brown.
The architects positioned the pavilion to serve as a gateway between an active part of the park, where playing fields dominate, and the less active, more natural eastern end. Photo by Carolyn Brown.