looking beyond its leafy spot in Kensington Gardens, in one of London’s most exclusive neighborhoods, to present a wider view of the city. The 20th edition of the hotly anticipated annual architectural pop-up is under the wing of Johannesburg design practice Counterspace, directed by Sumayya Vally. The studio’s creation is an amalgam of built forms found in some of London’s gathering spaces with rich stories to tell about Black culture, migrant communities, and fading traditions, places like the Four Aces Club, one of the first venues to play
