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John Hill | 13.05.2025

Insight

One source of pride for Carlo Ratti is the so-called Space for Ideas being the first open call in the history of the Venice Architecture Biennale. One outcome of this bottom-up selection process was an incredibly long list of contributors. Additionally, most of their projects had to be fitted...


John Hill | 12.05.2025

Found

The Kingdom of Bahrain won the Golden Lion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, and special mentions were given to the Holy See and Great Britain—what about the other...


John Hill | 12.05.2025

Building of the Week

On top of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Golden Lion-winning Canal Café, the New York firm has two other contributions in this year's Venice Architecture Biennale: On Storage, a special project of the Applied Arts Pavilion, done with the V&A; and La Libreria, a temporary...


John Hill | 11.05.2025

Headlines

As co-founder of Tropical Space in Ho Chi Minh City, Trần Thị Ngụ Ngôn designs residential, commercial, and cultural projects with a deep response to the tropical climate of Vietnam and an embrace of traditional materials and techniques. She has been named the winner of the DIVIA Award 2025.


John Hill | 11.05.2025

Headlines

On the morning of Saturday, May 10, the opening day of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, the international jury's choice for the exhibition's Golden Lions and other awards were announced.


René Ammann | 10.05.2025

Number

Number of apartment buildings Estonia has set the goal to renovate by 2050, and which their national pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale addresses: 14,000


John Hill | 09.05.2025

Film

Louisiana Channel has followed architect Søren Pihlmann's restoration of the Danish Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale since its inception, documenting the process in a just-released 15-minute film. In Make Materials Matter, Pihlmann explains how materials drive the process, and...


John Hill | 07.05.2025

Found

Four days ahead of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition opening to the public, the Venice Architecture Biennale opened Margherissima, a Special Project at Forte Marghera in Mestre. The project, designed by Nigel Coates and students from the Architectural Association in London,...


John Hill | 06.05.2025

unassigned

World-Architects has a team in Venice covering the 19th International Architecture Exhibition curated by Carlo Ratti—Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.—and the other...


John Hill | 07.04.2025

Headlines

American philosopher Donna Haraway, author of “A Cyborg Manifesto,” has been named the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by La Biennale di Venezia. She will receive the award at the inauguration of the Venice Architecture Biennale on May 10, 2025.


John Hill | 12.02.2025

Headlines

In a press conference on February 11, Venice Architecture Biennale curator Carlo Ratti revealed some of the 762 participants in the upcoming 19th International Architecture Exhibition. With the Central Pavilion in the Giardini closed for renovations, the Corderie will host many of the projects...


John Hill | 08.07.2024

Insight

World-Architects spoke recently with architect, engineer, author, and educator Carlo Ratti via Zoom, to discuss his plans for the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale and parse the theme — Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective. — that he has defined for the exhibition. Our...


John Hill | 08.05.2024

Headlines

Five months after Italy's Carlo Ratti was named curator of the Venice Architecture Biennale that is set to open in May 2025, Ratti and new Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco have revealed the exhibition theme: Intelligens.


John Hill | 21.12.2023

Headlines

Italian architect, engineer, and educator Carlo Ratti has been selected as curator of the Venice Architecture Biennale's 19th International Architecture Exhibition, which is set to open in May 2025.