Serpentine Gallery Pavillion

Date: 9 July 2008

Taylor Woodrow is nearing completion of the installation stage of the nine glass canopies on the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, Frank Gehry’s first project in England.

The glass canopies, made up of about 30 panes of varying sizes of special made frosted reinforced glass, are being positioned on top of the timber structure. The glass has been shipped in from Austria.

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