Dulwich Picture Gallery has unveiled ‘The Colour Palace’, 2019’s Dulwich Pavilion in front of Sir John Soane’s iconic building, designed with cues taken from artist Yinka Ilori’s Nigerian heritage and created with Peckham-based Pricegore architects. We’re proud to announce that we’ve partnered with the gallery to make the pavilion available for sale.

The structure, the second of its type after 2017’s assortment of translucent mirrored screens by IF_DO, responds to the architectural expression of Soane’s gallery through its use of shapes and symmetry, but is distinctly more vibrant than the monochrome brick façade of the 1817 building, with variegated timber slats comprising a shifting composition of geometric patterns.

It’s in this bold colour palette that the potency of the pavilion’s design is revealed as, by applying the hues found in the African prints of Lagos’ Balogun market, Yinka and Pricegore have been able to reference Soane’s well-known passion for travel and different cultures in a contemporary context, creating a symbol of multiculturalism for London. “That’s what London is about: layers of culture. It’s what I love about being British,” said Yinka when we visited him at his studio recently.

The pairing of artist and architects came about after Pricegore happened to pop into Yinka’s studio, which they designed, to see how it was being used. “They got in touch after that,” said Yinka, “saying they were thinking of pitching a design for the pavilion, and asking if I wanted to be involved.” The design came together quickly after that and fought off competition from 150 entries to impress a judging panel comprised of architect Mary Duggan, architecture critic Oliver Wainwright and journalist Tom Dyckhoff.

The Dulwich Pavilion is open Tuesday to Sunday from now until 22nd September 2019, playing host to a summer-long programme of supper clubs, podcast recordings, talks, art tasters and more. After that, it could be yours via The Modern House.