Jean Nouvel's Serpentine gallery pavilion

Nouvel's pavilion is the 10th to be commissioned at the Serpentine gallery Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk Nouvel poses inside the pavilion Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk The pavilion is fully eqipped for the summer with coffee tables, hammocks, benches, chairs, chess boards and and frisbees Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/guardian.co.uk The structure is dominated by a cantilevered glass wall which supports a central frame Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk Nouvel has playfully suggested that the red is inspired by London's buses and old phone boxes Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk 'I want it to be a little place of warmth and delight,' said Nouvel of the pavilion Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk View of the sky through the pavilion Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk The lawn outside has a series of ping-pong tables which are also red. 'It’s architecture on holiday,' said Nouvel Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk 'Some of its red surfaces absorb light, others reflect it; some glimmer, others are translucent,' says the Guardian's Jonathan Glancey Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Photograph: David Levene/guardian.co.uk