Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...

, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 2020 was postponed to 2021 due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

shifting the calendar to uneven years. It is the architecture section under the overall

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

and was officially established in 1980, even though architecture had been a part of the Venice Art Biennale since 1968. The main agenda of the Architecture Biennale is to propose and showcase architectural solutions to contemporary societal, humanistic, and technological issues. Although leaning towards the academic side of architecture, the Biennale also provides an opportunity for local architects around the world to present new projects. The Biennale is separated into two main sections: The permanent, national pavilions in the Biennale Gardens as well as the

Arsenale The Venetian Arsenal ( it, Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian republic's ...

, which hosts projects from numerous nations under one roof. __NOTOC__

Exhibitions

2023

The 18th Venice Architecture Biennale is curated by

Lesley Lokko Lesley Naa Norle Lokko is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect, academic, and novelist.Lesley ...

. The international architecture exhibition is entitled ''The Laboratory of the Future.''

2021

Curated by Hashim Sarkis, The

17th Venice Architecture Biennale The 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, is an upcoming international architecture exhibition. The Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition will t ...

was entitled ''How will we live together?'' Due to the

, it took place in 2021 instead of 2020. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) *Brazil: ''utopias of common life.'
Curated
b
''Arquitetos Associados ''
Alexandre Brasil, André Luiz Prado, Bruno Santa Cecília, Carlos Alberto Maciel, Paula Zasnicoff) + Henrique Penha *Canada:
Impostor Cities
'
Curated
by Thomas Balaban, David Theodore, and Jennifer Thorogood. * Germany:
2038
'. Curated by 2038. * Great Britain
The Garden of Privatised DelightsCurated
by Madeleine Kessler and Manijeh Verghese. * Italy:
Resilient Communities
'.''
Curated
by Alessandro Melis. * Poland
''Trouble in Paradise''
''.''
Curated
b
PROLOG
+1. *Russian Federation
''Open''
'.'
Curated
by Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli. *Scotland:''
What if...?/
Curated b
7N Architects
and

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*Spain
UncertaintyCurated
by Domingo J. González, Sofía Piñero, Andrzej Gwizdala, Fernando Herrera * Turkey
''Architecture as Measure''
''.''
Curated
by Neyran Turan. *United States of America
''American Framing''
'.'
Curated
by Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner. Awards * Golden Lion for Best National Participation
United Arab Emirates
with
Wetland
'' * Special mention as National Participation: Russia, with ''Open!'' * Special mention as National Participation
Philippines
with
Structures of Mutual Support
'. * Golden Lion for best participant in the exhibition ''How will we live together?'':''
raumlaborberlin
(Berlin, Germany), with
Instances of Urban Practice
'. * Silver Lion for promising young participant in the exhibition ''How will we live together?'':''
Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory (FAST)
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands; New York, USA), with
Watermelons, Sardines, Crabs, Sands, and Sediments: Border Ecologies and the Gaza Strip
'. * Special Mention to the participant in the exhibition ''How will we live together?''
cave_bureau
(Nairobi, Kenya), with
The Anthropocene Museum: Exhibit 3.0 Obsidian Rain
'. * Special Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Lina Bo Bardi

2018

The 16th International Architecture Exhibition was titled ''FREESPACE'' and was curated by

Yvonne Farrell Yvonne Farrell (born 1951) is an Irish architect and academic. She is the co-founder, together with Shelley McNamara, of Grafton Architects, which won the World Building of the Year award in 2008 for their Bocconi University building in Milan ...

and

Shelley McNamara Shelley McNamara (born 1952) is an Irish architect and academic. She attended University College Dublin and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Architecture. She founded Grafton Architects with Yvonne Farrell in 1978. Grafton rose to promin ...

. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) *Australia: ''Repair''
Curated
by Baracco+Wright Architects in collaboration with Linda Tegg. *Austria: ''Thoughts Form Matter.'
Curated
by Verena Konrad. *China: ''Building a Future Countryside''
Curated
by Li Xiangning. *Croatia: ''Cloud Pergola / The Architecture of Hospitality''
Curated
by Bruno Juričić. *Egypt: ''Robabecciah the informal city''
Curated
by Islam Elmashtooly and Mouaz Abouzaid. *Indonesia:
Sunyata: The Poetics of Emptiness
'
Curated
by Ary Indrajanto, David Hutama, Adwitya Dimas Satria, Ardy Hartono, Jonathan Aditya Gahari, Johanes Adika Gahari. *Italy: ''Arcipelago Italia.'
Curated
by Mario_Cucinella. *Korea (Republic of):
Spectres of the State Avant-garde
'
Curated
by Seongtae Park. *Lebanon:
The Place That Remains
'
Curated
by Hala Younes. *Lithuania:
The Swamp School
'
Curated
by Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas. *Mexico:
Echoes of a Land
'
Curated
by Gabriela Etchegaray. *Romania:
Mnemonics
'
Curated
by Romeo Cuc. Awards: * Golden Lion for Best National Participation: Switzerland, with ''Svizzera 240'', ''House Tour''. Commissioners: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia: Marianne Burki, Sandi Paucic, Rachele Giudici Legittimo. Curators & Exhibitors: Alessandro Bosshard, Li Tavor, Matthew van der Ploeg, Ani Vihervaara * Special Mention for Best National Participation:

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It i ...

, with ''Island''. Commissioner: Sarah Mann; Architecture Design Fashion British Council. Curators: Caruso St John Architects, Marcus Taylor * Golden Lion for the best participant: Souto Moura - Arquitectos; Eduardo Souto de Moura (Porto, Portugal). * Silver Lion for a promising young participant: Architecten de vylder vinck taillieu. Jan de Vylder, Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu (Ghent, Belgium). * Special Mentions: Andramatin; Andra Matin (Jakarta, Indonesia) and RMA Architects; Rahul Mehrotra (Mumbai, India; Boston, USA) * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:

Kenneth Frampton Kenneth Brian Frampton (born 20 November 1930) is a British architect, critic and historian. He is the Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, New York. He has b ...

(Great Britain)

2016

The 15th International Architecture Exhibition, entitle
''Reporting from the Front''
was directed by Alejandro Aravena 28 May – 27 November. In his curation of the exhibition, Aravena foregrounded

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, incremental housing, rural-urban relationships, the balance between technology and natural materials, and an attentiveness to manual labor and handicraft. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) *Italy: ''Taking Care.'' Curated by Studio Tamassociati *Scotland:''
Prospect North
Curated by Lateral North, Dualchas Architects and Soluis and

*Serbia: ''HEROIC: Free Shipping.'' Exhibitors: Stefan Vasic, Ana Šulkic and Igor Sjeverac. *Switzerland: ''Incidental Space.'' Curated by Sandra Oehy. Exhibitor Christian Kerez. Awards: * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Paulo Mendes da Rocha. * Golden Lion for Best National Pavilion:

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with ''Unfinished'', curated by Iñaqui Carnicero and Carlos Quintáns.

2014

The 14th International Architecture Exhibition: ''Fundamentals''. Directed by Rem Koolhaas. 7 June – 23 November 2014. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) * Scotland: Critical Dialogues. Curated by Jonathan Charley, Judith Winter, Lottie Gerrard and

Awards: * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:

Phyllis Lambert Phyllis Barbara Lambert, (née Bronfman; born January 24, 1927) is a Canadian architect, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family. Life Born in Montreal, Quebec, she studied at The Study, a premier independent school for girls, and wa ...

. * Golden Lion for Best National Participation:

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

, wit
"Crow's Eye View"
curated by Minsuk Cho together with Hyungmin Pai and Changmo Ahn. *Silver Lion for Best Research Project of the ''Monditalia'' section: Andrés Jaque and his Office for Political Innovation, with the project "Sales Oddity. Milano 2 and the Politics of Home to Home TV Urbanisms". * Silver Lion for Best National Participation:

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, wit
"Monolith Controversies"
curated by Pedro Alonso and Hugo Palmarola. * Special Mentions to National Participations:

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

* Special Mentions to research projects of the Monditalia section: "Radical Pedagogies: ACTION-REACTION-INTERACTION" by

Beatriz Colomina Beatriz Colomina (born 1952) is an architecture historian, theorist and curator. She is the founding director of the Program in Media and Modernity at Princeton University, the Howard Crosby Butler Professor of the History of Architecture and Direct ...

, Britt Eversole, Ignacio G. Galán, Evangelos Kotsioris, Anna-Maria Meister, Federica Vannucchi, Amunátegui Valdés Architects, Smog.tv; "Intermundia" by Ana Dana Beroš; "Italian Limes" by Folder

2012

British Pavilion at Venice Biennale - Valerie Bennett

The 13th International Architecture Exhibition: ''Common Ground''. Directed by David Chipperfield. 29 August – 25 November 2012. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) * Scotland:''
Past + Future
Curated by Rem Koolhaas and

Awards: * Golden Lion for lifetime achievement: Alvaro Siza. * Golden Lion for Best National Participation: Japan,
Architecture, possible here? Home-for-All
curated by

Toyo Ito is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a "simulated" ...

, with the participation of Kumiko Inui,

Sou Fujimoto is a Japanese architect. Born in Hokkaido in 1971, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1994, and established his own office, Sou Fujimoto Architects, in 2000. Noted for delicate light structures and permeable enclosures, Fujimoto desig ...

, Akihisa Hirata and

Naoya Hatakeyama is a Japanese photographer. His work explores human intervention with the landscape and natural materials, including the life of cities and the built environment. Life Hatakeyama was born in Japan Rikuzentakata, Iwate, in 1958. He graduated f ...

. * Golden Lion for Best Project of the Common Ground Exhibition: Urban-Think Tank (Alfredo Brillembourg, Hubert Klumpner), Justin McGuirk and Iwan Baan * Silver Lion for a promising practice of the Common Ground Exhibition: Grafton Architects (

and

) * Special Mentions:

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

, commissioner Hanna Wróblewska;

United States of America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territo ...

, commissioner Cathy Lang Ho;

, commissioner Grigory Revzin; Cino Zucchi.

2010

The 12th International Architecture Exhibition: ''People meet in architecture''. Directed by

Kazuyo Sejima is a Japanese architect and director of her own firm, Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. In 1995, she co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima + Nishizawa & Associates). In 2010, Sejima was the second woman to receive the Pritzker Prize, which was awarded j ...

. 29 August – 21 November 2010. Awards: * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Rem Koolhaas * Golden Lion for the Best National Participation:

Kingdom of Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ad ...

* Golden Lion for the Best Project in the People meet in architecture exhibition: junya.ishigami+associates * Golden Lion in memoriam: Kazuo Shinohara * Silver Lion for a promising young participant in the People meet in architecture exhibition: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen + Bas Princen * Special Mentions: Amateur Architecture Studio, Studio Mumbai,

Piet Oudolf Piet Oudolf (; born 27 October 1944) is a Dutch garden designer, nurseryman and author. He is a leading figure of the "New Perennial" movementhis designs and plant compositions using bold drifts of herbaceous perennials and grasses which are cho ...

2008

The 11th International Architecture Exhibition: ''Out There: Architecture Beyond Building''. Directed by Aaron Betsky. 14 September – 23 November 2008. National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) * Germany: ''Updating Germany - 100 Projects for a Better Future''. Curated by Friedrich von Borries and Matthias Böttger * United States: ''Into the Open: Positioning Practice'': 16 architectural groups focus on the increasing interest in civic engagement in American architectural practice, and examines the means by which a new generation is reclaiming a role in shaping community and the built environment. Curated by William Menking, Aaron Levy, and Andrew Sturm. Awards: * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Frank Gehry * Golden Lion for Best National Participant:

("Hotel Polonia. The Afterlife of Buildings"). A project by Nicolas Grospierre and Kobas Laksa * Golden Lion for the Best Installation Project in the International Exhibition:

Greg Lynn Greg Lynn (born 1964) is an American architect, founder and owner of the Greg Lynn FORM office, an o. University Professor in the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and a professor at the UCLA School of the Arts a ...

Form ("Recycled Toys Forniture") * Special Golden Lion for lifetime achievement to a historian of Architecture: James S. Ackerman * Silver Lion for a Promising Young Architect in the International Exhibition: Chilean Group Elemental

2006

The 10th International Architecture Exhibition: ''Cities, architecture and society''. Directed by

Ricky Burdett Richard Burdett (London, 1956) is professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age project. __TOC__ Biography His interests and activities focus on the in ...

. 10 September – 19 November 2006. The collateral section City-Port was held in Palermo until January 14, 2007. The exhibition attracted over 130,000 visitors. Awards: * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Richard Rogers * Golden Lion for Best National Participation:

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

for "CO-EVOLUTION, Danish/Chinese collaboration on sustainable urban development in China". Curated by Henrik Valeur and UiD. Projects by Danish architectural offices and Chinese universities CEBRA +

Tsinghua Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

, COBE + CQU, Effekt +

Tongji Tongji may refer to: * Tongji Bridge (Jinhua) () a large stone arch bridge in Jinhua, China. * Tongji Bridge (Yuyao) () a stone arch bridge in Yuyao, China. * Tongji County (), former name of Shifang, Sichuan, China. * Tongji Lu Station () metro st ...

and Transform + XAUAT * Golden Lion for the City: Bogotá, Colombia * Golden Lion for Best Urban Projects: Javier Sanchez/ Higuera + Sanchez for the housing project "Brazil 44" in Mexico City * Special prize for Best Architecture School: Facoltà di Architettura Politecnico di Torino for a project for Mumbai * Mentions for three significant national exhibitions: Japan,

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

and Macedonia * Seven Stone Lions, Città di Pietra -Sensi Contemporanei section: Bari, group leader arch. Adolfo Natalini; Crotone, arch. Carlo Moccia; Pantelleria, group leader arch. Gabriella Giuntoli; Bari, group leader arch. Guido Canella; Bari, group leader arch. Antonio Riondino; Bari, group leader arch. Vitangelo Ardito; Pantelleria, group leader arch. Marino Narpozzi * Prize for Architecture Portus, Città – Porto - Sensi Contemporanei section: "Il parco della Blanda" of Region Basilicata. Area: Maratea, Piana di Castrocucco (Potenza). Project by: Gustavo Matassa, with Vincenzo De Biase, Silvia Marano, Rosa Nave * Premio Manfredo Tafuri, appointed by the Padiglione Italia:

Vittorio Gregotti Vittorio Gregotti (10 August 1927 – 15 March 2020) was an Italian architect, born in Novara. He was seen as both a member of the Neo-Avant Garde and a key figure in 1970s Postmodernism. Biography Gregotti was born in Novara, in the Italian P ...

* Giancarlo De Carlo prize, appointed by the Padiglione Italia: Andrea Stipa * Ernesto Nathan Rogers prize, appointed by the Padiglione Italia: Luca Molinari National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) * United States Pavilion:United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Curated by Christian Ditlev Bruun. Projects by Anderson+Anderson Architects and Eight Inc. were among the included projects. Photography for the exhibition by Michael Goodman. Graphic Design by Paula Kelly Design NYC. The exhibition traveled to Bangkok (2007), Panama City (2007), and Los Angeles (2008). The exhibition also marked the beginning of the international symposium series Sustainable Dialogues, which connected architects, city planners, and environmentalist from Southeast Asia, Central and South America with American architects in each region to exchange ideas and knowledge and propose solutions to issues of ecological disasters, global climate change, and sustainable architectural strategies. Collaborators included Global Green and Make it Right (founded by Brad Pitt).

2004

The 9th International Architecture Exhibition: ''METAMORPH''. Directed by Kurt W. Forster. 12 September – 7 November 2004. The exhibition attracted over 115,000 visitors. Awards: * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Peter Eisenman * Golden Lion for best installation presented by a country:

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Pavilion ("Kinshasa, the Imaginary City") * Golden Lion for most significant work of the Metamorph exhibition: Studio SANAA by

Ryue Nishizawa is a Japanese architect based in Tokyo. He is a graduate of Yokohama National University, and is director of his own firm, Office of Ryue Nishizawa, established in 1997. In 1995, he co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associate ...

for the project for the Museum of 21st century for contemporary art (Kanazawa, Japan) and for the enlargement of the Istituto Valenciano de Arte Moderna (Valencia, Spain) * Special Prize for best work in the Concert Halls section: Studio Plot of Julien De Smedt and Bjarke Ingels for the Concert House project (Stavanger, Norvegia) * Special Prize for best work in the Episodes section: German photographer Armin Linke and Italian architect Piero Zanini for the Alpi installation * Special Prize for best work in the Transformations section: Austrian architect

Günther Domenig Günther Domenig (6 July 1934 – 15 June 2012) was an Austrian architect. Domenig was born in Klagenfurt, and studied architecture at the Graz University of Technology (1953–1959). After working as an architectural assistant, he set u ...

for the Documentation Centre at the Party Rally Grounds of Norimberg, Germany * Special Prize for best work in the Topography section: Studio

Foreign Office Architects Foreign Office Architects, FOA, was an architectural design studio headed by former husband and wife team Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo. The London-based studio, which was established in 1993, specialised in architectural design, maste ...

Ltd for the Novartis Car Park (Basilea, Switzerland) * Special Prize for best work in the Surface section: Japanese architect Shuhei Endo for the Springtecture project (Singu-cho, Hyogo, Japan) * Special Prize for best work in the Atmosphere section: Australian studio PTW Architects pty Ltd and Chinese partner studio CSCEC + Design for the National Swimming Center project (Pechino Olympic Green, China) * Special Prize for best work in the Hyper-Project section: Martinez Lapeña- Torres Arquitectos for the Esplanada Fòrum (Barcelona, Spain) * Special Prize for best work in the Morphing Lights, Floating Shadows sections (photography): images of Mars shot by

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in cooperation with JPL and

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) * United States Pavilion: ''Transcending Type''. Featuring six U.S. architecture firms in the vanguard of contemporary design. Each explore new forms and uses for iconic modern building types. Commissioner:

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. Curated by Christian Ditlev Bruun. Projects exhibited: George Yu Architects, Los Angeles: SHOPPING CENTER.
Kolatan/MacDonald Studio
New York: RESIDENTIAL HIGH RISE (Resi-Rise)
Studio/Gang/Architects
Chicago: URBAN

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. * Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, New York: PARKING GARAGE.
Predock_Frane
Los Angeles: SPIRITUAL SPACE.
Reiser + Umemoto
New York: HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE

2002

The 8th International Architecture Exhibition: ''NEXT''. Directed by

Deyan Sudjic Deyan Sudjic (born 6 September 1952) is a British writer and broadcaster, specialising in the fields of design and architecture. He was formerly the director of the Design Museum, London.LSE"Advisory board" retrieved 17 May 2013 Life and caree ...

. 8 September – 3 November 2002. The exhibition attracted over 100,000 visitors. Awards: * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:

* Golden Lion for best project of the International Exhibition: Iberê Camargo Foundation di Porto Alegre (Brazil) designed by Alvaro Siza Vieira * Special prize for best National Participant: Dutch Pavilion * Special prize for best architectural works patron: Zhang Xin * Special prize for best governative sponsorship :

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

* Special mention to Next Mexico City: The Lakes Project National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) * United States Pavilion *

World Trade Center World Trade Centers are sites recognized by the World Trade Centers Association. World Trade Center may refer to: Buildings * List of World Trade Centers * World Trade Center (2001–present), a building complex that includes five skyscrapers, a ...

. Two Perspectives: The Aftermath & Before. Photographs by

Joel Meyerowitz Joel Meyerowitz (born March 6, 1938) is an American street, portrait and landscape photographer. He began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the id ...

. *A New World Trade Center Design Proposals. The Max Protetch Gallery. Commissioner: Robert Ivy, Chief Executive Officer of th
American Institute of Architects (AIA)

2000

The 7th International Architecture Exhibition: ''Less Aesthetics, More Ethics''. Directed by

Massimiliano Fuksas Massimiliano Fuksas (born January 9, 1944) is an Italian architect. He is the head of ''Studio Fuksas'' in partnership with his wife, Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas, with offices in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen. Biography Fuksas was born in Rome in 194 ...

. 18 June – 29 October 2000. Awards: * Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:

Renzo Piano Renzo Piano (; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City ( ...

Paolo Soleri Paolo Soleri (21 June 1919 – 9 April 2013) was an Italian-born American architect. He established the educational Cosanti Foundation and Arcosanti. Soleri was a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National ...

and

Jørn Utzon Jørn Oberg Utzon, , Hon. FAIA (; 9 April 191829 November 2008) was a Danish architect. He was most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia, completed in 1973. When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon ...

. * Golden Lion for best interpretation of the exhibition:

Jean Nouvel Jean Nouvel (; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of ''Mars 1976'' and '' Syndicat de l'Architecture'', France’s first labor union for architects. He has o ...

* Special prize for best National Participant:

* Special "Bruno Zevi" prize for best architecture professor:

Joseph Rykwert Joseph Rykwert CBE (born 1926) is Paul Philippe Cret Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, and one of the foremost architectural historians and critics of his generation. He has spent most of his working life in th ...

* Special prize for best architectural works patron:

Thomas Krens Thomas Krens (born December 26, 1946) is the former director and Senior Advisor for International Affairs of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York City.''The New York Times'' staff.Guggenheim Foundation staff From the beginning of his ...

* Special prize for best architecture editor: Eduardo Luis Rodriguez, editor of Arquitectura Cuba * Special prize for best architecture photographer:

Ilya Utkin Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." ...

National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) * United States Pavilion: ''ARCHitecture LABoratories with

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

and

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and

Hani Rashid Hani Rashid (born 1958 in Cairo) is an architect and educator. He co-founded the New York-based architecture firm, Asymptote Architecture with Lise Anne Couture. Early life and education Hani Rashid was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1958, his famil ...

, respectively, transformed the U.S. Pavilion into a research laboratory designed to investigate, produce, and present a broad scope of new architectural schemes. A central theme of the studio program was new technology and its application to contemporary housing and other building archetypes. Organized by: The

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. Commissioner:

Max Hollein Max Hollein (born 7 July 1969 in Vienna) is an Austrian art historian and the current Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He served as Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco from July 2016, until Apri ...

1996

The 6th International Architecture Exhibition: ''Sensing the Future—The Architect as Seismograph''. Directed by

Hans Hollein Hans Hollein (30 March 1934 – 24 April 2014) was an Austrian architect and designer

. Awards: * Golden Lion for best National Participant: Japan * Golden Lion for best interpretation of exhibition:

Odile Decq Odile Decq (born 1955 in Laval, France) is a French architect, urban planner and academic. She is the founder of the Paris firm, Studio Odile Decq and the architecture school, Confluence Institute. Decq is known for her unique, self-described g ...

-Benoît Cornette, Juha Kaakko, Ilkka Laine, Kimmo Liimatainen, Jari Tirkkonen, Enric Miralles Moya * Special Osella for an extraordinary initiative in contemporary architecture: Pascal Maragall, Mayor of

* Special Osella for media exposure in the field of contemporary architecture: Wim Wenders * Special Osella for best architecture photographer: Gabriele Basilico National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) * United States Pavilion: ''Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture.'' The

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has inspired and commissioned the work of many of the leading architects of our day for its hotels, productions, facilities, office buildings, sports facilities and housing developments. Organized by:

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Imagineering, and The Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation, New York. Commissioner:

1991

The 5th International Architecture Exhibition. Directed by

Francesco Dal Co Francesco Dal Co (born 29 December 1945) is an Italian historian of architecture. He graduated in 1970 at the University Iuav of Venice, and has been director of the Department of History of Architecture since 1994. He has been Professor of Hist ...

. 8 September – 6 October 1991. Awards: * Winner of the International contest for the new Palazzo del Cinema 1990:

Rafael Moneo José Rafael Moneo Vallés (born 9 May 1937) is a Spanish architect. He won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1996, the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2003 and La Biennale's Golden Lion in 2021. Biography Born in Tudela, Spain, Moneo studied at ...

* Winner of the International contest "Una Porta per Venezia" for the restoration of Piazzale Roma: Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones National pavilions, contributions and curators (selection) * United States Pavilion: "Peter Eisenman and Frank Gehry". The similarities and differences between the work of architects Peter Eisenman and Frank Gehry. Organized by: The Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation, New York. Commissioner:

Philip Johnson Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the po ...

1986

The 4th International Architecture Exhibition: ''Hendrik Petrus Berlage—Drawings''. Directed by Aldo Rossi. 18 July – 28 September 1986. Villa Farsetti, Santa Maria di Sala.

1985

The 3rd International Architecture Exhibition: ''Progetto Venezia'' (international competition). Directed by Aldo Rossi. 20 July – 29 September 1985. Awards: * Stone Lion:

Robert Venturi Robert Charles Venturi Jr. (June 25, 1925 – September 18, 2018) was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, and one of the major architectural figures of the twentieth century. Together with h ...

, Manuel Pascal Schupp, COPRAT, Franco Purini (Accademia Bridge) * Stone Lion:

Raimund Abraham Raimund Johann Abraham (July 23, 1933 – March 4, 2010) was an Austrian architect.

, Raimund Fein, Peter Nigst, Giangiacomo D’Ardia (Ca’ Venier dei Leoni) * Stone Lion: Alberto Ferlenga (Piazza di Este) * Stone Lion: Daniel Libeskind & Cranbrook Graduate Students, Three Lessons in Architecture (Piazza di Palmanova) * Stone Lion: Laura Foster Nicholson (Villa Farsetti at Santa Maria di Sala) * Stone Lion: Maria Grazia Sironi and Peter Eisenman (Castelli di Romeo and Juliet at Montecchio Maggiore)

1981-82

The 2nd International Architecture Exhibition: ''Architecture in Islamic Countries''. Directed by Paolo Portoghesi. 20 November 1981 – 6 January 1982.

1980

The 1st International Architecture Exhibition: ''The presence of the Past''. Directed by Paolo Portoghesi. 27 July – 20 October 1980. Included the Strada Novissima exhibition at the Corderie dell'Arsenale, and exhibitions on Antonio Basile, the architect; The Banal Object. An Exhibition of Critics. An Exhibition of Young Architects. Homage to Gardella, Ridolfi and

Johnson Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a ...

1979

Theatre of the World. The Dogana at the end of the Zattere, created by Aldo Rossi for the Architecture and Theatre Sections of the Biennale in occasion of the exhibition Venice and the Stage (winter 1979–80).

1978

Utopia and the Crisis of Anti-Nature. Architectural Intentions in Italy. Magazzini del Sale, Zattere. Director:

1976

Werkbund 1907. The Origins of Design; Rationalism and Architecture in Italy during the fascist period; Europe-America, old city centre, suburbia;

Ettore Sottsass Ettore Sottsass (Innsbruck, Austria 14 September 1917 – Milan, Italy 31 December 2007) was a 20th century Italian architect, noted for also designing furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, home and office wares, as well as numerous buildings an ...

, an Italian designer. Ca' Pesaro, San Lorenzo, Magazzini del Sale, Cini Foundation. Director.

1975

On the subject of the Stucky Mill. Magazzini del Sale at the Zattere. Curated by the Visual Arts and Architecture Section of the Biennale, directed by

References

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