Venice Biennale of Architecture


Venice Biennale of Architecture also known as
Mostra di Architettura di Venezia – in its original language, Italian – is an International exhibition held every other year on even years in Venice, Italy, in which architecture from nations around the world is presented. It is the architecture section under the overall Venice Biennale 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, which hosts projects from numerous nations under one roof.

Exhibitions

2021

Curated by Hashim Sarkis, The 17th Venice Architecture Biennale will be entitled How will we live together? Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will take place in 2021 instead of 2020.

2018

The 16th International Architecture Exhibition was titled and was curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara.
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The 15th International Architecture Exhibition, entitled was directed by Alejandro Aravena 28 May – 27 November.
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The 14th International Architecture Exhibition: "Fundamentals". Directed by Rem Koolhaas. 7 June – 23 November, 2014.
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The 13th International Architecture Exhibition: "Common Ground". Directed by David Chipperfield. 29 August – 25 November 2012.
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The 12th International Architecture Exhibition: "People meet in architecture". Directed by Kazuyo Sejima. 29 August – 21 November, 2010.
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The 11th International Architecture Exhibition: "Out There: Architecture Beyond Building". Directed by Aaron Betsky. 14 September – 23 November, 2008.
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National pavilions and curators
The 10th International Architecture Exhibition: "Cities, architecture and society". Directed by Ricky Burdett. 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.
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National Pavilions
''After the Flood: Building on Higher Ground: Architectural responses to the August 2005 devastation in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast 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, Panama City, and Los Angeles. 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.

2004

The 9th International Architecture Exhibition: "METAMORPH". Directed by Kurt W. Forster. 12 September – 7 November, 2004. The exhibition attracted over 115,000 visitors.
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National Pavilions
The 8th International Architecture Exhibition: "NEXT". Directed by Deyan Sudjic. 8 September – 3 November, 2002. The exhibition attracted over 100,000 visitors.
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National Pavilions
Commissioner: Robert Ivy, Chief Executive Officer of the

2000

The 7th International Architecture Exhibition: "Less Aesthetics, More Ethics". Directed by Massimiliano Fuksas. 18 June – 29 October, 2000.
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National Pavilions
The 6th International Architecture Exhibition: "Sensing the Future—The Architect as Seismograph". Directed by Hans Hollein.
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National Pavilions
The 5th International Architecture Exhibition. Directed by :it:Francesco Dal Co|Francesco Dal Co. 8 September – 6 October, 1991.
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National Pavilions
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". Directed by Aldo Rossi. 20 July – 29 September, 1985.
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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.

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.

1978

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

1976

Werkbund 1907. The Origins of Design; Rationalism and Architecture in Italy during the fascist period; Europe-America, old city centre, suburbia; Ettore Sottsass, an Italian designer. Ca' Pesaro, San Lorenzo, Magazzini del Sale, Cini Foundation. Director. Vittorio Gregotti.

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 Vittorio Gregotti.