![Lafayette Towers, Lafayette Park, Detroit, Michigan. [Photo by Corine Vermeulen]](https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ul/ules8xn98vo114zm.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat "Lafayette Towers, Lafayette Park, Detroit, Michigan. [Photo by Corine Vermeulen]")
[Detroit] will join 47 other cities from 33 countries as a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, which is made up of cities with a strong legacy in one of seven creative fields, from gastronomy and literature to design.
Member cities commit to collaborate, promote creativity and cultural industries, share best practices, strengthen participation in cultural life and integrate culture in economic and social development strategies and plans.
— crainsdetroit.com
Formed in 2004, UNESCO's Creative Cities Network (UCCN) identifies places that leverage creative practices as a major strategy for urban development, giving member cities opportunities for collaboration and promotion across cultural industries. Cities in the UCCN (there are currently 69) belong to categories of Crafts & Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts, and Music. Detroit is the first U.S. city to be added to the network.
Detroit is also the setting for the U.S. Pavilion's projects at the 2016 Venice Biennale, curated by Monica Ponce de Leon (dean at Princeton University School of Architecture) and Cynthia Davidson (editor of Log). Themed "The Architectural Imagination", the pavilion will feature "projects sited particularly in Detroit, while still having global potentials".
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