Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo of Lanza Atelier are designing this year’s Serpentine Pavilion in London. A conversation about borders, beauty, and the human body as habitat.
A Serpentine for the Serpentine
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DETAIL 05/2026 Climate-Adaptive Facades
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