2024-11-24T01:17:37-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/100303112/new-zealand-exhibition-for-the-2014-venice-biennale-shows-the-country-s-pacific-architectural-roots Justine Testado 2014-05-23T21:07:00-04:00 >2014-05-27T14:25:25-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nn/nnf3zbi9c63wu0o3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Our next featured pavilion for the fast-approaching 2014 Venice Biennale hails from Down Under in New Zealand, who will be participating in the keystone event for the first time. Curated by award-winning Auckland architect David Mitchell, the New Zealand exhibition is titled "Last, Loneliest, Loveliest" from Rudyard Kipling's The Song of the Cities poem.</p></em><br /><br /><p>As a response to Biennale Director Rem Koolhaas&rsquo;s theme, "Absorbing Modernity: 1914-2014" that addresses the homogeneity of modernism, the New Zealand exhibition puts the country's distinct architectural scene in the spotlight -- from its traditional yet overlooked Pacific roots to dominant international influences. Below are a few highlights to be showcased.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/30/30jr0mo4beascigh.jpg"><br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/t4/t4yku1hg46awmmu9.jpg"><br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/62/6228081eleva6ull.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ex/exx6ryj7qoxw0sy6.jpg"></p><p>Read background info on the exhibition on <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/new_zealand_exhibition_for_the_2014_venice_biennale_shows_the_country_s_pac/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bustler</a>.</p><p><strong>Related: </strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/100239685/arctic-adaptations-nunavut-at-15-to-represent-canadian-pavilion-at-2014-venice-biennale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">&ldquo;Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15&rdquo; to represent Canadian Pavilion at 2014 Venice Biennale</a></li><li><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/95960286/parliament-themed-austrian-pavilion-revealed-for-2014-venice-biennale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parliament-themed Austrian Pavilion revealed for 2014 Venice Biennale</a></p></li></ul>