Metropolis_a critical review of the Venice Biennale

“Freespace” Shows That Architects Must Retool Their Relationship to Power—and to the Biennale

Review: At this year’s edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, there was little evidence of a discipline coming to grips with pressing issues.

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Kenneth Frampton received the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale

The architecture critic/theoretician who wrote so eloquently about Carlo Scarpa – see this weeks available texts – wins a lifetime achievement award.

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13422-interview-with-kenneth-frampton?id=13422-interview-with-kenneth-frampton&ajs_uid=0229H2750601H3U&ajs_trait_oebid=3782E0258467B1M