You say Biennial, I say Biennale: 9 of Today’s Most Critical Architecture Biennials

2017-04-06T12:50:00-04:00

Every two years, hundreds of thousands flock to the historic small islands of Venice, where history and art meet to give us one of the most influential fixtures in the architectural world—The Venice Biennale of Architecture. While originally a more specialized art-world affair, biennials now figure in the larger cultural menu drawing huge crowds and the exhibitionary format, occurring every other year, has proliferated in the past two decades offering the field myriad options for getting one's expo fix.

In tempestuous London, design leads the evolution: Archinect's report from the front lines of the London Design Festival

2015-11-03T13:20:00-05:00

London may currently be undergoing a regenerative process akin to heavyweight cosmetic surgery, but under its shiny new surface remains a cranky old soul. The surgery is not without complications: the lack of affordable housing makes mainstream news on a regular basis. Gentrification, displacement of communities and encroaching globalization where one size fits all, has brought about an identity crisis to this brisk and confident city. But despite this crisis, the creative industries that form the largely unwitting infantry for property developers march on. The London Design Festival is at the vanguard of this march.

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You say Biennial, I say Biennale: 9 of Today’s Most Critical Architecture Biennials

In tempestuous London, design leads the evolution: Archinect's report from the front lines of the London Design Festival