Tag: venice | ArchDaily ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 <![CDATA[Austria's 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale Pavilion Proposes a Shared Platform with Bosnia and Herzegovina]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1054050/austrias-2027-venice-architecture-biennale-pavilion-proposes-a-shared-platform-with-bosnia-and-herzegovina Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:45:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/en/1054050/austrias-2027-venice-architecture-biennale-pavilion-proposes-a-shared-platform-with-bosnia-and-herzegovina Austria has announced Koncesija / Konzession / Concession(e) as its contribution to the 20th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Curated by architects Adna Babahmetović and Ajna Babahmetović together with curator Sebastian Höglinger, the project proposes temporarily granting the Austrian Pavilion to Bosnia and Herzegovina through a cooperative concession. Selected through Austria's open competition process, the pavilion examines questions of national representation, diplomacy, and architectural exchange by responding to the absence of a Bosnian national pavilion in the Giardini, where the Biennale's historic national pavilions are located.

]]> <![CDATA[Icelandic Pavilion Explores Bathing Culture as Civic Infrastructure at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1042324/icelandic-pavilion-explores-bathing-culture-as-civic-infrastructure-at-the-2027-venice-architecture-biennale Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/en/1042324/icelandic-pavilion-explores-bathing-culture-as-civic-infrastructure-at-the-2027-venice-architecture-biennale The Icelandic Pavilion at the 20th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia will present SOAK: Rituals of Collective Belonging, an exhibition examining Iceland's bathing culture through the lens of architecture, public space, and social interaction. Commissioned by Halla Helgadóttir, Iceland Design and Architecture, the project is curated by Marcos Zotes, partner at Basalt Architects, and developed through a multidisciplinary collaboration between Basalt Architects, design studio Gagarin, and artist Rán Flygenring. SOAK marks the second Icelandic participation in the Architecture Biennale selected through an open call process, following Lavaforming by s.ap architects, which represented Iceland at the 2025 edition.

]]> <![CDATA[La Biennale di Venezia Inaugurates New Home for Its Historical Archive at the Arsenale]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1042082/la-biennale-di-venezia-inaugurates-new-home-for-its-historical-archive-at-the-arsenale Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/en/1042082/la-biennale-di-venezia-inaugurates-new-home-for-its-historical-archive-at-the-arsenale La Biennale di Venezia has inaugurated the new home of its Historical Archive – International Centre for Research on Contemporary Arts at the Arsenale, relocating the institution's archival collections and research activities to a restored complex within one of its principal exhibition sites. The opening introduces a new permanent headquarters for the archive, bringing together facilities for conservation, research, public consultation, and cultural programming within the historic Arsenale. To mark the occasion, La Biennale organized a three-day program of performances, lectures, conversations, and public visits, highlighting the archive's role within the institution's broader ecosystem of exhibitions, festivals, and educational initiatives.

]]> <![CDATA[La Biennale di Venezia Unveils Renovated Central Pavilion at the Giardini]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1039873/la-biennale-di-venezia-unveils-renovated-central-pavilion-at-the-giardini Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/en/1039873/la-biennale-di-venezia-unveils-renovated-central-pavilion-at-the-giardini La Biennale di Venezia has unveiled the renovated Central Pavilion at the Giardini, completing a comprehensive intervention delivered between December 2024 and March 2026 as part of a broader national program to enhance cultural infrastructure. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and its complementary investment program (PNC), the project contributes to the development of a permanent hub for cultural production and exchange in Venice. The works form part of a wider initiative involving multiple sites associated with the Biennale, including the Giardini, the Arsenale, and other locations across the city, developed in coordination with local authorities and heritage institutions.

]]> <![CDATA[As I Shape the Object, the Object Shapes Me]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1039097/as-i-shape-the-object-the-object-shapes-me Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:05:00 +0000 Rene Submissions https://www.archdaily.com/en/1039097/as-i-shape-the-object-the-object-shapes-me As I Shape the Object, the Object Shapes Me

Nina Ćeranić

19th February - 18th April 2026
A plus A, Venice

“As I Shape the Object, the Object Shapes Me” is Nina Ćeranić’s first solo exhibition,
on view at A plus A from 19 February to 18 April 2026. The exhibition presents an environmental installation poised between a place of worship and a computer desktop, in which small paintings are enclosed within wooden and brass casings. Conceived and crafted by the artist, these architectural elements simultaneously evoke devotional and digital devices, altarpiece polyptychs and the structures of contemporary operating systems alike. Windows, frames, folders, and

]]> <![CDATA[The European Cultural Centre Announces the Winners of the ECC Awards 2025 in Venice]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1036344/the-european-cultural-centre-announces-the-winners-of-the-ecc-awards-2025-in-venice Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/en/1036344/the-european-cultural-centre-announces-the-winners-of-the-ecc-awards-2025-in-venice The European Cultural Centre (ECC) has announced the winners of the ECC Awards 2025, selected from participants of the seventh edition of Time Space Existence and unveiled during the exhibition's Closing Day on 23 November 2025 in Venice. Bringing together 207 practices from more than 52 countries, this year's edition highlighted a broad spectrum of architectural and design approaches responding to the themes of Repair, Regenerate, and Reuse. The awards recognise four projects that stood out for their originality, execution, narrative clarity, and forward-looking engagement with questions of sustainability, community, and the future of the built environment.

]]> <![CDATA[The Venice Biennale Over Time: Classic Projects and Stories from Architecture’s Most Iconic Exhibition]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1036057/the-venice-biennale-over-time-classic-projects-and-stories-from-architectures-most-iconic-exhibition Mon, 24 Nov 2025 07:30:00 +0000 Camilla Ghisleni https://www.archdaily.com/en/1036057/the-venice-biennale-over-time-classic-projects-and-stories-from-architectures-most-iconic-exhibition Since 1895, the Venice Biennale has invited the world to witness the evolving landscape of contemporary art. In 1980, the event expanded its reach with the launch of the Architecture Biennale, which quickly became one of the discipline’s most influential global platforms. Today, alternating annually between contemporary art and architecture, the Biennale affirms itself as a space where disciplines and ideas intersect. Always timely and provocative, it fuels essential debates on the role of art and architecture in the contemporary world. Among its most recent editions are the 17th Architecture Biennale, themed How Will We Live Together? (2021), curated by Hashim Sarkis; The Laboratory of the Future (2023), by Lesley Lokko; and Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective (2025), curated by Carlo Ratti and open to the public until the end of November.

]]> <![CDATA[The 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale Ends, Marking the Event’s Most Visited Edition]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1036315/the-2025-venice-architecture-biennale-ends-marking-the-events-most-visited-edition Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/en/1036315/the-2025-venice-architecture-biennale-ends-marking-the-events-most-visited-edition The 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, "Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.," curated by Carlo Ratti, closed on 23 November 2025 as the most visited Architecture Biennale to date. The exhibition recorded 298,000 visitors, in addition to 17,584 preview attendees, surpassing previous editions despite the temporary closure of the Central Pavilion for restoration. Bringing together 303 projects and 758 invited architects, along with 66 National Participations and 11 Collateral Events, the edition extended across the Giardini, Arsenale, and multiple sites throughout Venice.

]]> <![CDATA[The Japanese Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Biennale Explores Artificial Intelligence in Architectural Processes]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1027934/japan-pavilion-at-2025-venice-biennale-explores-architectural-intelligence-in-architectural-processes Thu, 20 Nov 2025 05:30:00 +0000 Nour Fakharany https://www.archdaily.com/en/1027934/japan-pavilion-at-2025-venice-biennale-explores-architectural-intelligence-in-architectural-processes The Japan Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Biennale investigates the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in architecture, focusing on the concept of the "in-between." Curated by Jun Aoki, the exhibition runs from May 10 to November 23, 2025, at the Giardini della Biennale in Venice. The exhibition explores the growing autonomy of AI in architectural design, raising questions about the shifting relationship between human agency and machine intelligence. The showcase aligns with the overarching theme "Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective," curated by Carlo Ratti.

]]> <![CDATA[The Silent Pavilion: Carlo Scarpa and the Giardino delle Sculture at the Venice Biennale]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1035891/the-silent-pavilion-carlo-scarpa-and-the-giardino-delle-sculture-at-the-venice-biennale Mon, 17 Nov 2025 07:30:00 +0000 Camilla Ghisleni https://www.archdaily.com/en/1035891/the-silent-pavilion-carlo-scarpa-and-the-giardino-delle-sculture-at-the-venice-biennale When we think of Venice, familiar images come to mind: Piazza San Marco, winding canals, and the reflection of Byzantine domes on still waters. Few, however, imagine that among those reflections lies a discreet chapter of Italian modernity — the architecture of Carlo Scarpa.

]]> <![CDATA[Architecture on Water: Adaptive and Ecological Approaches from Venice 2025]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1035893/architecture-on-water-adaptive-and-ecological-approaches-from-venice-2025 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Nour Fakharany https://www.archdaily.com/en/1035893/architecture-on-water-adaptive-and-ecological-approaches-from-venice-2025 This curated selection of projects from the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale explores how architects and designers are rethinking the relationship between the built environment and water in response to the global climate crisis. As sea levels rise and extreme weather events increase, water is no longer a distant threat but an immediate design condition. Rather than resisting it, these projects look at how architecture can coexist with, adapt to, and even regenerate through natural forces. Together, they suggest a shift toward working with the elements, acknowledging water not as a limit to construction but as an active participant in shaping future environments.

]]> <![CDATA[Small-Scale Solutions to Climate Challenges: 13 Highlighted Projects from the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1035641/small-scale-solutions-to-climate-challenges-13-highlighted-projects-from-the-19th-venice-architecture-biennale Mon, 03 Nov 2025 05:30:00 +0000 Antonia Piñeiro https://www.archdaily.com/en/1035641/small-scale-solutions-to-climate-challenges-13-highlighted-projects-from-the-19th-venice-architecture-biennale With just a few days left before the six-and-a-half-month 19th Venice Architecture Biennale comes to an end, it is possible to look back on some of the most notable contributions within its thematic framework. Marked by the largest call for participants to date, the Biennale's diversity of topics and the range of installations on display go beyond easy recapitulation. As part of that reflection, several initiatives can be highlighted as illustrative of the principles reflected in the curatorial theme, "Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective." The concepts interwoven in Carlo Ratti's title form a call to address the urgent need for substantial solutions amid the accelerating climate crisis, positioning the Biennale as a platform for diverse design proposals and experiments organized around three forms of intelligence: natural, artificial, and collective. Beyond the national pavilions and numerous collateral events held throughout Venice over the past six months, among the more than 700 participants are projects that, through practice, embody four shared intentions: opening conversations about the future, proposing systemic responses to local realities, placing technology at the center of design innovation, and pursuing material research rooted in local sensitivity.

]]> <![CDATA[Oman’s First-Ever Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 Explores the Communal Sablah as a Model for the Future]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1029877/omans-first-ever-pavilion-at-the-venice-architecture-biennale-2025-explores-the-communal-sablah-as-a-model-for-the-future Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Nour Fakharany https://www.archdaily.com/en/1029877/omans-first-ever-pavilion-at-the-venice-architecture-biennale-2025-explores-the-communal-sablah-as-a-model-for-the-future The Sultanate of Oman has made its first appearance at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, presenting its debut national pavilion titled Traces. Curated by Omani architect Majeda Alhinai and commissioned by Sayyid Saeed bin Sultan bin Yarub Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth for Culture, the pavilion is part of the exhibition's central theme, "Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective." It will be on view until 23 November 2025 at the Arsenale in Venice, Italy.

]]> <![CDATA[One Month Until Closing: 10 Must-See National Pavilions at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1035374/one-month-until-closing-10-must-see-national-pavilions-at-the-2025-venice-architecture-biennale Fri, 24 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/en/1035374/one-month-until-closing-10-must-see-national-pavilions-at-the-2025-venice-architecture-biennale As the 19th International Architecture Exhibition enters its final month before closing on November 23, the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale continues to reaffirm its position as one of the most influential global platforms for contemporary architectural discourse. Opened to the public on May 10 under the curatorship of Italian architect Carlo Ratti, this edition, titled "Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective." brings together over 750 participants across 65 national pavilions, 11 collateral events, and numerous parallel initiatives throughout the city. Structured around the themes of Natural, Artificial, and Collective Intelligence, the Biennale examines how architecture can respond to the intertwined challenges of climate adaptation, technological transformation, and social collaboration.

]]> <![CDATA[The Brazilian Pavilion Examines the Amazon’s Ancestral Infrastructures at the 2025 Venice Biennale]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1024091/architecture-as-a-cultural-artifact-brazil-announces-participation-in-venice-biennale-2025 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:30:00 +0000 Nour Fakharany https://www.archdaily.com/en/1024091/architecture-as-a-cultural-artifact-brazil-announces-participation-in-venice-biennale-2025 The Brazilian Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, open since May 10, 2025, is curated by Plano Coletivo, a group formed by architects Luciana Saboia, Eder Alencar, and Matheus Seco. Titled "(RE)INVENTION," the exhibition represents Brazil through a multidisciplinary approach that connects architecture, nature, and social infrastructure. Presented at the Giardini pavilion, the project is organized by the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo in collaboration with Brazil's Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The exhibition reflects on the recent archaeological discovery of ancestral infrastructure in the Amazon to examine the socio-environmental contradictions of contemporary cities. It invites visitors to learn from ancestral knowledge and explore the interdependence between humans, land, and nature as a foundation for more sustainable futures.

]]> <![CDATA[The European Cultural Centre Announces 21 Shortlisted Projects for the 2025 ECC Awards]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1034038/the-european-cultural-center-announces-21-shortlisted-projects-for-the-2025-ecc-awards Thu, 11 Sep 2025 05:30:00 +0000 Antonia Piñeiro https://www.archdaily.com/en/1034038/the-european-cultural-center-announces-21-shortlisted-projects-for-the-2025-ecc-awards The European Cultural Centre Italy has organized the ECC Awards since 2010 to recognize artists, architects, designers, and academics in their respective fields. The Awards highlight projects featured in the Time Space Existence exhibition, which runs in parallel with the Venice Architecture Biennale and showcases tangible approaches to building more sustainably, aiming to position architecture as a force for environmental and social repair. The seventh edition of Time Space Existence is a group exhibition spanning three Venetian venues: Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora, and the Marinaressa Gardens. This year, the exhibition focuses on the themes of Repair, Regenerate, and Reuse, emphasizing the essential role of architects and designers as agents of positive change in shaping sustainable, inclusive, and regenerative ways of living.

]]> <![CDATA[Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon Launch Floating Plaza "AquaPraça" in Venice on Its Way to COP30]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1030643/cra-carlo-ratti-associati-and-howeler-plus-yoon-design-floating-plaza-to-be-transported-from-venice-biennale-to-cop30-in-brazil Fri, 05 Sep 2025 06:30:00 +0000 Reyyan Dogan https://www.archdaily.com/en/1030643/cra-carlo-ratti-associati-and-howeler-plus-yoon-design-floating-plaza-to-be-transported-from-venice-biennale-to-cop30-in-brazil CRA–Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon designed AquaPraça, a floating gathering space for global climate dialogue set to anchor COP30 in Belém, Brazil, making its debut at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia on 5 September 2025. It will then embark on a transatlantic journey to Brazil, where it will form part of the Italian Pavilion at COP30, held from November 10 to 21, 2025. Following the event, it is intended to become a permanent floating landmark in the Amazon as part of Belém's cultural infrastructure.

]]> <![CDATA[The Philippine Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Biennale Reimagines the Relationship Between Architecture and Soil]]> https://www.archdaily.com/en/1033757/the-philippine-pavilion-at-the-2025-venice-biennale-reimagines-the-relationship-between-architecture-and-soil Thu, 04 Sep 2025 05:30:00 +0000 Antonia Piñeiro https://www.archdaily.com/en/1033757/the-philippine-pavilion-at-the-2025-venice-biennale-reimagines-the-relationship-between-architecture-and-soil The Philippines' Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia presents Soil-beings (Lamánlupa), an exhibition curated by artistic director Renan Laru-an. Through interdisciplinary collaborations, the Pavilion brings together architects, technical experts, indigenous leaders, artists, policymakers, and local communities to explore the cultural, ecological, and technological dimensions of soil. Its objective is to challenge conventional architectural paradigms by shifting the focus from structure to soil, not as a passive material, but as a living force with agency, history, and power.

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