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Toyo Ito, among others, announced as Golden Lion Winners at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale
Golden Lion for the Japanese Pavilion in the category Best National Participation (from left): Toyo Ito, Commissioner; Annamaria Cancellieri, Minister of the Interior; Paolo Baratta, President of la Biennale di Venezia (Photo: Giorgio Zucchiatti) Golden Lion for Best National Participation: Japanese Pavilion: Architecture possible here? Home-for-All (Photo: Francesco Galli) Golden Lion for Best National Participation: Japanese Pavilion: Architecture possible here? Home-for-All (Photo: Francesco Galli) Golden Lion for the Best Project (from left): Alfredo Brillembourg, Urban-Think Tank; Iwan Baan; Justin McGuirk; Lorenzo Ornaghi, Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities; Hubert Klumpner, Urban-Think Tank; Paolo Baratta, President of la Biennale di Venezia (Photo: Giorgio Zucchiatti) Golden Lion for the Best Project: Urban-Think Tank (Alfredo Brillembourg, Hubert Klumpner), Justin McGuirk: Torre David / Gran Horizonte, 2012 (Photo: Francesco Galli) Golden Lion for the Best Project: Urban-Think Tank (Alfredo Brillembourg, Hubert Klumpner), Justin McGuirk: Torre David / Gran Horizonte, 2012 (Photo: Francesco Galli) Silver Lion for a Promising Practice (from left): Wiel Arets, President of the Jury of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition; Shelley McNamara, Grafton Architects; Yvonne Farrell, Grafton Architects; Paolo Baratta, President of la Biennale di Venezia (Photo: Giorgio Zucchiatti) Silver Lion: Grafton Architects, Paulo Mendes da Rocha (Photo: Francesco Galli) Silver Lion: Grafton Architects, Paulo Mendes da Rocha (Photo: Francesco Galli) Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Álvaro Siza Vieira: Percorso, 2012 (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: Polish Pavilion: Making the walls quake as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: Polish Pavilion: Making the walls quake as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: Polish Pavilion: Making the walls quake as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: USA Pavilion: Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: USA Pavilion: Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: USA Pavilion: Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: Russian Pavilion: i- сity (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: Russian Pavilion: i- сity (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: Russian Pavilion: i- сity (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: Cino Zucchi Architetti: Copycat. Empatia e invidia come generatori di forma, 2012 (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: Cino Zucchi Architetti: Copycat. Empatia e invidia come generatori di forma, 2012 (Photo: Francesco Galli) Special Mention: Cino Zucchi Architetti: Copycat. Empatia e invidia come generatori di forma, 2012 (Photo: Francesco Galli)

Golden Lion for the Best Project (from left): Alfredo Brillembourg, Urban-Think Tank; Iwan Baan; Justin McGuirk; Lorenzo Ornaghi, Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities; Hubert Klumpner, Urban-Think Tank; Paolo Baratta, President of la Biennale di Venezia (Photo: Giorgio Zucchiatti)
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Golden Lion for the Best Project (from left): Alfredo Brillembourg, Urban-Think Tank; Iwan Baan; Justin McGuirk; Lorenzo Ornaghi, Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities; Hubert Klumpner, Urban-Think Tank; Paolo Baratta, President of la Biennale di Venezia (Photo: Giorgio Zucchiatti)