Sou Fujimoto Tapped for Serpentine Pavilion 2013

Image courtesy Sou Fujimoto Architects

Joining the likes of Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has been tapped to design this year's temporary summer pavilion at London's Serpentine Gallery. At age 41, Fujimoto is the youngest architect, and the third from Japan, to get the commission since the program was created in 2000. His design calls for a 3,770-square-foot, cloud-like structure built of interwoven 0.8-inch steel bars.

Check out our coverage of past pavilions, including Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei’s in 2012 and Peter Zumthor’s in 2011.

The structure will be on view from June 8 to October 20.

Another rendering of the Serpentine design and a sampling of Fujimoto’s past projects are below...