Venice Biennale: Giardini

Although the Venice Architecture Biennale invades all nooks and crannies of the four-square-mile island, most of the festival's big-hitters reside under the roof of only one building, the Italian pavilion at Giardini. As we round out our 2010 Biennale overview, we highlight the exhibits that not only left us pondering, but also left us hopeful for the future of architecture.

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Cerith Wyn Evans opened with neon text from "The Changing Light at Sandover," a poem by James Merrill -- where the protagonist's setting, like that of this physical text, evokes a sense of suspension in space.

Sanaa at the DAC: A Retrospective

This summer, the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen opened an exhibition celebrating the work of Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese design studio Sanaa.
Venice Biennale: National Pavilions 2

As promised, here is the second part of our grand tour through the national pavilions at the 2010 Venice Biennale.
Venice Biennale: Arsenale

I was once told, "If you ever go to the Venice Biennale, you will see all of the architecture that the world will be seeing for the next two years." So here I am, at the opening of…
Venice Biennale: National Pavilions 1

The concept of each country showing their best colors at the Venice Biennale began from 1895, in the same spirit of nationalism (or chauvinism) of the World's Fair.