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In the Pursuit of Pleasure: The Not so Fleeting Life of the Pavilion and its Ilk
Author(s) -
Bevan Robert
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1896
Subject(s) - pavilion , pleasure , appeal , aesthetics , evening , art history , architecture , law , sociology , history , art , visual arts , political science , psychology , archaeology , physics , astronomy , neuroscience
Author and architecture critic for the London Evening Standard , Robert Bevan reflects on the enduring appeal of the temporary structure, speaking ‘to a latent desire for freedom and movement’ as a hangover of our nomadic past in a sedentary ‘civilised’ society. He highlights the type's historical apex in Henry VIII's palatial pop‐up on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, questioning the purpose and purposelessness of more recent examples.