SHL Architects completes Cloud Pavilion on the banks of a river in Shanghai

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has completed a pavilion on the banks of Shanghai’s Huangpu River, where thin metal columns surround a glass-walled room shaped like a cartoon cloud. Located on a riverside promenade, the pavilion provides a venue for exhibitions and art events that contributes to the West Bund district’s ongoing regeneration process. The Cloud Pavilion is a permanent version of a temporary structure originally designed by the Danish firm for the 2013 West Bund Biennial for Architecture an