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Your Virtual Tour of the National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2014

Your virtual tour of the Venice Biennale has arrived! Check out each of the national pavilions currently on display for ' chosen theme - Absorbing Modernity, 1914-2014.

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First Look Inside OFFICEUS, the US Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale

To kick off our coverage of the Venice Biennale, we're bringing you photos of OfficeUS -- the United States' contribution to the national exhibitions organized under the theme of "Absorbing Modernity." The pavilion houses both a repository of information about the history of architectural firms in the US (with a focus on the US's role in exporting architecture) and serves as the base of operations for a new architectural firm that was created solely for this year's biennale. The research, collected into booklets, lines the walls of the space. While visitors mill around the pavilion, the members of OfficeUS work at specially designed tables. The output and deliverables of the office will be determined as the Biennale progresses. We also got the chance to speak to the organizers, so stayed tuned for video interviews with the curators and designers of the US Pavilion (coming soon!). For now, however, read on to the see the curator's statement on the exhibit.

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