The Colour Palace

The Colour Palace is the second Dulwich Pavilion (here's the first), a joint creation of the Dulwich Picture Gallery and LFA. The colorful, climbable installation was selected a year ago in a competition and looks faithful to the renderings that were released at that time.

The design comes from Pricegore, the young London architectural practice of David Price and Alex Gore, and Yinka Ilori, an artist of British-Nigerian heritage who "[fuses] his heritage in order to tell new stories in contemporary design," per a joint press release from Dulwich and LFA.

The walls, lifted above the lawn on four large feet, were built from thousands of pieces of brightly painted timber. Articulated like shingles, the slatted timbers are graced with geometric shapes that allude to traditional fabrics from contexts well beyond London.

Stairs lead to an internal gallery that allows visitors to see the timber structure up close and gain a unique vantage point for the events taking place within the Colour Palace. These include yoga, storytelling, supper clubs, neon life drawing, and "Pavilion Lates" that will take place throughout the installation's run from June 12 to September 22.