Breaking news: the start of the Venice Architecture Biennale has been pushed back from May to August due to disruption caused by the coronavirus in Italy.
Organisers of the architecture exhibition announced today it will run only from 29 August to 29 N…
The Venice Architecture Biennale has unveiled details of this year’s programme, which opens on 23 May, without mentioning the threat of Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. Paolo Baratta, president of La Biennale di Venezia, announced the programme for the 17th architecture biennale via a livestream this morning. Speculation over a postponement of the world’s most prestigious architecture
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Architectural filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have released footage from a film, showing the impact of flooding in Venice. The duo, known for films including Koolhaas Houselife and Moriyama-San, have released a two-minute trailer for their latest movie. It contains recent footage showing the streets of Venice under water, including the whole of Piazza San Marco.
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Marble furnishings, lagoon-coloured walls and arched doorways are among the features that Dorothée Meilichzon has incorporated in the interiors of this Venice hotel, which is meant to mirror its surroundings. Occupying a renaissance-era palace, Hotel Il Palazzo Experimental is located in Venice’s Dorsoduro neighbourhood. Set away from the city’s main tourist hubbub, the area is
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An Italian court has fined Santiago Calatrava €78,000 for negligence during the design of the glass and steel Ponte della Costituzione over the Grand Canal in Venice. The Court of Auditors ruled that the Catalan architect was responsible for decisions that led to the 94-metre-long pedestrian bridge being over budget and incurring higher that predicted maintenance costs. According
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As David Chipperfield begins the next stage of the restoration of the Procuratie Vecchie on Piazza San Marco in Venice, James Imam asks if architects can save cities straining to deal with increasing tourist numbers. David Chipperfield’s restoration of the Procuratie Vecchie is a declaration of solidarity with Venice’s residents. The city is besieged by hordes of
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Curving galleries plastered with earth characterise Ghana Freedom, the country’s national pavilion at the 58th Venice Art Biennale, designed by architect David Adjaye. Now open in the Venetian Arsenal, Ghana Freedom marks the first time that the country has presented at the prestigious art event. Modelled on traditional Gurunsi earth houses, the Ghana pavilion comprises a series of interconnected oval-shaped galleries topped
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Photography by Tom Bonner FINNE Architects have completed a new house in Venice, California, that’s located on a long and narrow lot. The house is comprised of a dramatic series of folded roof planes, as well as a collage of textured metal and wood exterior surfaces. Photography by Tom Bonner A 5-ft wide pivoting […]
A colourful interactive frame that Baxendale created as part of Scotland’s contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 has been saved from being dismantled. Originally due to be taken down at the end of June – as the Scottish budget didn’t cover renting the space at Palazzo Zenobio for the entire length of the biennale
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A social-housing apartment that stood empty for five years is becoming a family home again, after being refurbished for a Venice Architecture Biennale show. The Unfolding Pavilion was a week-long exhibition inside a triplex flat in the Giudecca Social Housing Complex, which was built by Italian architect Gino Valle in 1986. The flat was in
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