Venice Architecture Biennale
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Nilufar’s design takeover of Venice’s Giovanni Nicelli airport
At Venice’s Giovanni Nicelli airport, Nina Yashar of Milanese design gallery Nilufar presents ‘The Ever-Present Future of Design’ (until end of 2023), combining historic and contemporary pieces from different countries and disciplines
By Timothy Anscombe-Bell Published
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Fondazione Prada exhibition is an ode to a vanishing Venice
At Fondazione Prada’s 18th-century Venice palazzo, group exhibition ‘Everybody Talks About the Weather’ straddles beauty and fear and probes Venice’s precarious environmental future
By Will Jennings Published
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Venice turns into ‘laboratory of the future’ with 18th Architecture Biennale opening
Curator Lelsey Lokko’s theme, ‘The Laboratory of the Future’, brings passion, intensity and imagination to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, while placing Africa at its heart
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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2023 British Pavilion offers diverse and dynamic installation at the 2023 Venice Biennale
The 2023 British Pavilion, 'Dancing Before the Moon,' contributes a triumphant blend of ritual, music, and cross-cultural pollination to the biennale’s ‘laboratory of the future’
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Brazil scoops 2023 Golden Lion award for national participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The Brazil Pavilion won the prestigious 2023 Golden Lion award for best national participation, as announced at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy this weekend - along with more honours for individual and country-led installations
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2023: the ultimate guide
As the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 opens, we explore the offerings at the world’s famous celebration of building design
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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V&A's Tropical Modernism: a vivid look at architecture culture in newly independent Ghana
Subtitled ‘Architecture and Power in West Africa’, V&A's 'Tropical Modernism' is a richly historical show at the 2023 Venice Biennale, perfectly aligned with the overarching theme of inclusion and exploration of modernism’s overlooked cultural impact
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2023 awarded to Nigerian artist-designer Demas Nwoko
We caught up with the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2023 at the Biennale Architettura, Nigerian artist-designer Demas Nwoko
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Venice beyond La Biennale: the ultimate 21st century international village
We tour Venice with architect, researcher and curator Federica Sofia Zambeletti, who shows us around Italy’s precious lagoon city – just in time for the launch of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023
By Federica Sofia Zambeletti Published
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Uzbekistan Pavilion 2023 to put the country's rich heritage centre stage
We follow the team behind the Uzbekistan Pavilion 2023 as the country prepares for its participation to this year's Venice Architecture Biennale
By Marwa El Mubark Published
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To market, to market: the Irish Pavilion pitches up in Venice
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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V&A pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale to explore the legacy of Robin Hood Gardens
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Global affair: Time Space Existence returns to Venice Architecture Biennale
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Switzerland and Eduardo Souto de Moura win Golden Lions at Venice Architecture Biennale
By Bethan Ryder Last updated
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Best of the rest: starchitects pull in the crowds at Venice Architecture Biennale
By David Paw Last updated
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Guest editor Ole Scheeren’s Archipelago Cinema, Venice
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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'Art or Sound' is the Prada Foundation's new synaesthetic Venice show
By Alice Pfeiffer Last updated
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World tour: the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale’s national participations
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Architects explore how the built environment can build community in China at the Venice Architecture Biennale
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Design highlights at Venice Architecture Biennale 2018
By Bethan Ryder Last updated
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 preview: the top 25 exhibitions to visit
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Chinese arts and ecology campus Valley XL launches in Venice
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Debut show: we visit the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale’s newcomers
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Discussing ‘Freespace’ with the curators of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Designers unveiled for British Pavilion at 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Jayden Ali, Joseph Henry, Meneesha Kellay and Sumitra Upham are revealed as the team to lead the design of the British Pavilion at the upcoming 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Last chance to see: Studio NYALI's Venice pavilion on African futures
ArchiAfrika Pavilion by Studio NYALI traverses historic and contemporary architectural design coming from practitioners in Africa and its diaspora
By Nasra Abdullahi Last updated
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British mosques explored: 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale preview
Previewing the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, we catch up with Shahed Saleem, one of the curators at the Applied Arts Pavilion Special Project. Titled ‘Three British Mosques', this exciting collaboration between La Biennale di Venezia and London's Victoria & Albert Museum focuses on adapted mosque spaces in London
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated