Architecture Biennale of Venice 2014

The 14th International Architecture Exhibition, directed by Rem Koolhaas, will be held from Saturday 7th June to Sunday 23rd November 2014 at the Giardini and Arsenale venues.

“Fundamentals will be a Biennale about architecture, not architects. It will focus on histories and on the evolution of national architectures in the last 100 years”.

The International Architecture Exhibition is hosted in the Central Pavilion at Giardini, where 29 pavilions of participating countries also stand, and in the Arsenale area (Corderie, Artiglierie, and Gaggiandre). The Giardini area is the historical site of the Biennale, whereas it was the Architecture section that reopened the Corderie in 1980 using the site as an exhibition venue, which in subsequent years was extended to further Arsenale areas.

The first exhibitions dedicated to architectural subjects were realized in the period 1975-1978 by the director of the Art section, Vittorio Gregotti. The Architecture section was established in 1980: director Paolo Portoghesi for the first time opened to visitors the Corderie dell'Arsenale venue, turning it into a “strada novissima”. The history of the Architecture Biennale has been continuing since then: in 2014 Rem Koolhaas is to direct the 14th edition.

National Participations

Absorbing Modernity: 1914-2014 Participants, Commissioners, Curators, Venues

ALBANIA Potential Monuments of Unrealised Futures Edi Hila, Adrian Paci Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curator: Beyond Entropy (Jonida Turani, Stefano Rabolli Pansera). Venue: to be confirmed

ARGENTINA IDEAL / REAL - IDEALE / REALE – IDEAL / REAL Commissioner: Magdalena Faillace. Curators: Emilio Rivoira, Juan Fontana. Venue: Sale d’Armi Nord, Arsenale

ARMENIA, Republic of The Capital of Desires Grigor Aghababyan, Arsen Aharonyan, Razmik Alaverdyan, Ashot Alexanyan, Nikoghayos Buniatyan, Levon Cherkezyan, Feniks Darbinyan, Telman Gevorgyan, Mark Grigoryan, Sargis Gurzadyan, Hovhannes Hakobyan, Feliks Hakobyan, Koryun Hakobyan, Karo Halabyan, Ruben Hasratyan, Margarita Hayrapetyan, Vartan Husyan, Rafael Israelyan, Sashur Kalashyan, Van Khachatour, Spartak Khachikyan, Spartak Kntekhtsyan, Gevorg Kochar, Stepan Kyurkchyan, Hovhannes Margaryan, Mikael Mazmanyan, Zhanna Mesheryakova,Mkrtich Minasyan, Gurgen Musheghyan, Hrachik Poghosyan, Samvel Safaryan, Alexander Tamanyan, Artur Tarkhanyan, Jim Torosyan, Armen Zaryan Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curators: Ruben Arevshatyan, Georg Schöllhammer. Venue: Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael, Ca’ Zenobio, Dorsoduro 2596

AUSTRALIA Augmented Australia 1914 – 2014 felix._Giles_Anderson+Goad Commissioner: Janet Holmes a Court AC. Curators: felix._Giles_Anderson+Goad. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

AUSTRIA Plenum. Places of Power Auböck/Kárász, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Kollektiv/Rauschen, University of Technology Vienna Commissioner: Christian Kühn. Curators: Christian Kühn, Harald Trapp. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

BAHRAIN, Kingdom of Fundamentalists and Other Arab Modernisms Commissioner: Ministry of Culture - Sh. Mai Al Khalifa. Deputy Commissioner: Noura Al Sayeh. Curator: George Arbid, Bernard Khoury - Arab Center for Architecture Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

BELGIUM Intérieurs, notes et figures Commissioners: Sébastien Martinez Barat, Bernard Dubois, Sarah Levy, Judith Wielander. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

BRAZIL BRAZIL: MODERNITY AS TRADITION Commissioner: Luis Terepins. Curator: André Corrêa Do Lago. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

CANADA Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15 Jamesie Alivaktuk, Joshua Armstrong, Neil Aspinall, Michèle Aubé, Alain Barriault, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Caitlin Biggar, Tim Brown, Geoff Cox, Abraham Eetak, Alain Fournier, Jakob Gearheard, Igah Hainnu, Gwen Healey, Lauren Holmes, Caroline Inglis, Luke Irkok, Jaco Ishulutaq, Jupa Ishulutaq, Tyler Jones, Lucian Kabvitok, Jack Kobayashi, Anamarija Korolj, Billy Kuksuk, Leon Lai, Christine Lamothe, Sandy Maniapik, Greg Morgan, Leo Mukyungnik, Willie Mukyungnik, David Nibgoarsi, Thomas Nibgoarsi, Arnaud Paquin, Anders Peacock, Lew Philip, Gino Pin, Malaya Pitsiulak, Fatima Rehman, David Sewoee, Lola Sheppard, Matthew Spremulli, Simon Taylor, Anugakuluk Tikivik, Mason White, Antonio Zedda Commissioner: Barry Johns (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada). Deputy Commissioner: Sascha Hastings (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada). Curators: Lateral Office (Lola Sheppard, Matthew Spremulli, Mason White). Deputy Curators: Lateral Office (Miles Gertler, Suzy Harris-Brandts, Julia Smachylo). Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

CHILE Monolith Controversies Commissioner: Cristóbal Molina (National Council of Culture and the Arts of Chile). Curators: Pedro Alonso, Hugo Palmarola. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

CHINA, People’s Republic of China Mountains beyond Mountains Urbanus (Meng Yan, Wang Hui, Liu Xiaodu), Duoxiang Studio (Lu Xiang, Jia Lianna, Chen Long, Hu Xian), Open Architecture (Li Hu, Huang Wenjing), To Meet You (Liu Zhizhi, Guang Yu), Research Team (Stanislaus Fung + Dai Chun + Gao Yan), Zhang Jian Commissioner: China Arts & Entertainment Group (CAEG). Deputy Commissioner: Zhang Yu. Curator: Jiang Jun. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

COSTA RICA ** Ticollage City Oliver Schütte, Marije van Lidth de Jeude, Florencia Quesada, Ofelia Sanou, Javier Salinas, Alvaro Rojas, Klaus Steinmetz Commissioner and Curator: Oliver Schütte. Deputy Commissioner: Marije van Lidth de Jeude. Deputy Curators: Marije van Lidth de Jeude, Florencia Quesada, Ofelia Sanou, Javier Salinas. Venue: to be confirmed

CROATIA Fitting Abstraction Zrinka Barišic Marenic, Melita Cavlovic, Igor Ekštajn, Nataša Jakšic, Mojca Smode Cvitanovic, Marina Smokvina, Karin Šerman Commissioner/Curator: Karin Serman. Deputy Commissioner: Sanja Cvjetko Jerkovic. Deputy Curator: Igor Ekštajn. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

CYPRUS, Republic of Anatomy of the Wall_Paper Michael Hadjistyllis, Stefanos Roimpas Commissioner: Petros Dymiotis - Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus. Curators: Michael Hadjistyllis, Stefanos Roimpas. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero

CZECH, Republic 2x100 mill.m2 : Collective Dream Kolmo.eu (CZ), The Faculty of Art and Architecture Technical University of Liberec (FUA TUL, CZ), Department of Architectural Design at Academy of Fine Arts and Design (VSVU, SK), D+G+G (CZ), Department of Theory and History of Art at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (VSUP, CZ) Commissioner: Jakub Potucek. Curator: Martin Hejl. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

DENMARK Empowerment of Aesthetics SLA Commissioner: Kent Martinussen (CEO of the Danish Architecture Centre). Curator: Stig L. Andersson (SLA). Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

DOMINICAN, Republic * Fair Concrete/La Feria Concreta Juan Castillo, Christy Cheng, Rubén Hernández, Sachi Hoshikawa, Juan Mubarak, Emil Rodríguez Garabot, Shohei Shigematsu Commissioner: Sachi Hoshikawa. Deputy Commissioner: Christy Cheng. Curator: Laboratorio de Arquitectura Dominicana (LAD). Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

EGYPT AMNESIA Ahmed Gamal, Ahmed Hussein, Emma Benany, Mohamed Taher, Emad Elbessy, Mustafa Mohamed, Mohamed Magdy Commissioner: Ahmed Abdelaziz Mohamed. Curator: Ministry of Culture – Cairo. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ESTONIA Interspace Johanna Jõekalda, Johan Tali, Siim Tuksam (vaba ruum), Reinis Adovics (kroko / WARP) Commissioner: Ülar Mark. Curators: Joanna Jõekalda, Johan Tali, Siim Tuksam. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

FINLAND (Pavilion Alvar Aalto) Re-Creation Anssi Lassila, Lassila Hirvilammi Architects Commissioner/Curator: Juulia Kauste. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

FRANCE Modernity: promise or menace? Eugène Beaudouin, Vladimir Bodiansky, Maurice Cammas, Robert Camelot, Raymond Camus, Maurice Crevel, Jacques Lagrange, Marcel Lods, Jean de Mailly, Eugène Mopin, Jean Prouvé, Charles Ricome, Jacques Tati, Louis-Bernard Zehrfuss Commissioner: Institut Français, Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - Direction Générale des Patrimoines, in collaboration with the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine. Curator: Jean Louis Cohen. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

GERMANY Bungalow Germania Commissioners: Alex Lehnerer, Savvas Ciriacidis (CIRIACIDISLEHNERER Architekten). Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

GREAT BRITAIN A Clockwork Jerusalem FAT Architecture and Crimson Architectural Historians Commissioner: Vicky Richardson. Curators: FAT Architecture and Crimson Architectural Historians. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

GREECE Tourism Landscapes: Remaking Greece Commissioner: Yannis Aesopos. Curator: Yannis Aesopos. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

HUNGARY Építés (Building) MANK ("Hungarian Architects Association") Commissioner: Gabor Gulyas. Curators: Csaba Jakab, Attila László Márton. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

INDONESIA * Craftmanship: Material Consciousness Commissioners: Endy Subijono, I Putu W.Thomas Brunner, Danny Wicaksono, Daliana Suryawinata, Elitua Simarmata, Zoraida Ibrahim, Bambang Cahyo Murdoko. Curators: Avianti Armand, Achmad Tardiyana, David Hutama, Robin Hartanto, Setiadi Sopandi. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

IRAN Instant Past Kaveh Mehrabani, Shabnam Hosseini, Ali Farivar Sadri, Sina Ahmadi Commissioner: Seyed Reza Hashemi. Curator: Azadeh Mashayekhi. Venue: to be confirmed

IRELAND Infra-Éireann: Making Ireland Modern Office of Public Works Architects, Electricity Supply Board, Norman White Architect; Department of Health, Michael Scott Architect, Ronald Tallon; Scott Tallon Walker Architects, Peter and Mary Doyle Architects, Noel Dowley Architect, Grafton Architects Commissioners/Curators: Gary A. Boyd, John McLaughlin. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

ISRAEL Urburb Ori Scialom, Roy Brand, Keren Yeala Golan Commissioner: Michal Gov, Arad Turgeman. Curators: Ori Scialom, Roy Brand, Keren Yeala Golan. Deputy Curator: Edith Kofsky. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ITALY The Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities PaBAAC - General Direction for the landscape, fine arts, architecture and contemporary art Commissioner: General Director of PaBAAC. Curator: Cino Zucchi. Venue: Italian Pavilion, Tese of Vergini at Arsenale

IVORY COAST * Commissioners: Mamidou Zoumana Coulibaly-Diakite, Francis Sossah. Venue: to be confirmed

JAPAN In the real world Commissioner: Kayoko Ota. Deputy Commissioners: Keiko Tasaki, Manako Kawata, Yoko Oyamada. Curator: Norihito Nakatani. Deputy Curators: Hiroo Yamagata, Keigo Kobayashi, Jin Motohashi. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

KENYA * Back to the(se) Stars Armando Tanzini, Renato Mambor Commissioner: Paola Poponi. Curator: Paola Poponi. Venue: Isola di San Servolo

KOREA, Republic of Crow’s Eye View: The Korean Peninsula Sekwon Ahn, Alessandro Belgiojoso, Nick Bonner (featuring Mansudae Art Studio and anonymous artists and architects of North Korea), Marc Brossa, Onejoon Che, Charlie Crane, Maxime Delvaux, Min Cho Jun, Ik-Joong Kang, Karolis Kazlauskas & PLT Planning and Architecture Ltd., Dongsei Kim, Hanyong Kim, Kichan Kim, Seok Chul Kim & Franco Mancuso, Kim Swoo Geun, Young June Lee, Chris Marker, Philipp Meuser, Hoon Moon, MOTOElastico, Osamu Murai, Peter Noever (featuring the North Korean architects exhibited in Flowers for Kim Il Sung, MAK, 2010), Kyong Park (featuring Nam June Paik and the artists of the Project DMZ, Storefront for Art and Architecture, 1988), James Powderly, Kyungsub Shin, Hyun-Suk Seo (featuring Kim Jong Hui et al.), Yehre Suh, Yi Sang, Dongwoo Yim Commissioner/Curator: Minsuk Cho. Curators: Hyungmin Pai, Changmo Ahn. Deputy Curator: Jihoi Lee. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

KOSOVO, Republic of Visibility Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. Curator: Gezim Pacarizi. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

KUWAIT Acquiring Modernity Aisha Al Sager, Hassan Hayat, Sara Soares, Dana Al Jouder, Nesef Al Nesef, Noora Al Musallam, Abdullah Al Harmi, Samer Mohammed, Gráinne Hebler, Liane Al Ghusain, Nima Algooneh, Adel Al Qattan, Maysaa Al Mumin, Ghazi Al Mulaifi, Fatema Al Qabandi, Ala Al Awadhi, Cherihan Nasr, Dalal Al Sane, Amara Abdal Figueroa, Noura Al Sager, Wafa AlFaraheen, Shakir Abal, Abdullah Al Awadhi, Dexter Sinister, Oscar Boyson. Commissioner: National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters. Deputy Commissioner: Zahra Ali Baba. Curator: Alia Farid. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

LATVIA Unwritten architectural office NRJA (Uldis Lukševics, Linda Leitane – Šmidberga, Zigmars Jauja, Ivars Veinbergs, Martinš Rusinš) Commissioner: Juris Poga. Deputy Commissioner: Andris Brinkmanis. Curator: architectural office NRJA (Uldis Lukševics, Linda Leitane – Šmidberga, Zigmars Jauja, Ivars Veinbergs, Martinš Rusinš). Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

LUXEMBOURG, Grand Duchy of Modernity - loved, hated or ignored? Stéphanie Laruade, Bohumil Kostohryz, Sophie Langevin, Nuno Lucas Da Costa Commissioner: Fondation de l'Architecture et de l'Ingénierie au Luxembourg. Curators: Stéphanie Laruade, Bohumil Kostohryz, Sophie Langevin, Nuno Lucas Da Costa. Venue: Ca’ del Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco 3052

MACEDONIA, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Findings Jovan Ivanovski, Aleksandar Radevski, Ana Ivanovska Deskova, Ognen Marina, Bojan Karanakov, Vladimir Deskov, Goran Mickovski Commissioner: Zlatko Stevkovski Deputy Commissioner: Frosina Zafirovska Curator: Jovan Ivanovski Venue: to be confirmed

MALAYSIA Sufficiency Marisa Diyana binti Shahrir/Ong & Ong Sdn Bhd, Mr. Mohd Suhaimi bin Mohd Fadzir/Discourse Team Sdn Bhd, Ahmad Najib bin Ariffin/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute + Design Nexus Architect, Khairiah binti Haji Noordin/Arkitek Karya Budi Sdn Bhd,Ng Khuen Keat / kkng Architect, Che Wan Ahmad Faizal bin Che Wan Putra/Chewan Architecture Sdn Bhd, Norzaini bin Mufti @ Ahmat/Z&SR Architectural Ventures Sdn Bhd, Dayang Aimi Husna binti Awang Damit/MDP Studio Sdn Bhd, Lillian Tay Wai Fun/Veritas Architects Sdn Bhd, Saidal Khadri bin Abu Kassim/Universiti Putra Malaysia, Mohd Aqrabeen bin Izani/Arkitek Daya Seni Sdn Bhd, Sarly Adre bin Sarkum/BDA Architect Sdn Bhd, Koh Seng Siew, John/Arkitek Maju Bina Sdn Bhd, Quake Huay Tin/Quake Architect, Lee Chor Wah/Lee Chor Wah Architect, Embong bin Mohamad / Arkitek Embong, Chew Ann Fey, Elphine/Pentas Reka Sdn Bhd, Ng Foong Peng, Veronica/Taylor’s University + DrTan LM Architect, Tan Loke Mun/ Archicentre Sdn Bhd, Lim Teng Ngiom/Ngiom Partnership, Mohamad Pital bin Maarof/Arkitek Pital, Boon Che Wee/Gerak Reka Akitek Sdn Bhd Commissioner: Datuk Wong Lai Sum (Chief Executive Officer of Matrade). Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

MEXICO …condenados a ser modernos Commissioner: Maria Margarita Segarra Lagunes. Curators: Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall. Venue: Sale d’Armi Nord, Arsenale

MONTENEGRO Yugo ruins as Potentials DVARP, HHF Architects, Sadar+Vuga, Ruby Press. Commissioners: Nebojsa Adzic, Dijana Vucinic, Simon Hartmann, Bostjan Vuga, Andreas Ruby, Ilka Ruby. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079

MOROCCO * Fundamental(ism)s Mikou Design Studio, Groupe 3, Stefano Boeri architetti, Fernando Menis arquitectos, X-tu architectes, BOM architecture, BAO + Ultra Architettura, and Linna Choi Tarik Oualalou – KILO Commissioner: Hassan Abouyoub (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Italy). Curator: Tarik Oualalou for Fondation pour l'Art, le Design et l'Architecture (FADA’). Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

MOZAMBIQUE. Republic of * Architecture between Two Worlds Commissioner: Joel Matias Libombo. Deputy Commissioner: Gilberto Paulino Cossa. Curator: José Forjaz. Deputy Curator: Vicente Joaquim. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

NETHERLANDS, The Open: A Bakema Celebration Commissioner: Het Nieuwe Instituut. Curators: Guus Beumer, Dirk van den Heuvel. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

NEW ZEALAND * Last, Loneliest, Loveliest Mike Austin, Frances Cooper, Rau Hoskins, Chia-Lin Sara Lee, Julian Mitchell, Claire Natusch, Rick Pearson, Ginny Pedlow, Julie Stout Commissioner: Tony van Raat. Curator: David Mitchell. Venue: Palazzo Pisani Santa Marina, Calle delle Erbe, Cannaregio 6104

NORDIC PAVILION (FINLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN) Forms of Freedom. African Independence and Nordic Models Several Nordic architects and planners 1960-80 Commissioner: The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway. Deputy Commissioner: Museum of Finnish Architecture and The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. Curator: Nina Berre. Deputy Curator:Gro Bonesmo. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

PARAGUAY Aqua Alta (Acqua Alta/Agua Alta/Ybate) Colectivo Aqua Alta /AO (Javier Corvalan coordinatore, Lukas Fuster, Andrea Castellani, Carlos Iriguitia, Fernando Szmuc, Marco Ballarin, Laura Ferres, Katja Kostrencic, Joaquin Corvalan, Paula Stella, Panchi Tomboly, Nicola Bedin, Nicolas Berger, Sebastian Blanco, Simone Cadamuro, Sonia Carisimo, Oliviero Comincini Commissioner: Giacomo Favilli. Deputy Commissioner: Maria Gloria Gutierrez. Curators: Sergio Ruggeri, Javier Rodriguez Alcala. Deputy Curator: CC.SNC.PR. Venue: Liceo Artistico Statale Michelangelo Guggenheim, Dorsoduro 2613

PERU URBAN ENCOUNTERS FOR THE NEXT 100 Commissioner: José Orrego Herrera. Curator: Sharif S. Kahatt. Venue: Sale d’Armi Nord, Arsenale

POLAND Impossible Objects Institute of Architecture (Dorota Jedruch, Marta Karpinska, Dorota Lesniak-Rychlak, Michal Wisniewski), Jakub Woynarowski Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska. Curator: Institute of Architecture (Dorota Jedruch, Marta Karpinska, Dorota Lesniak-Rychlak, Michal Wisniewski), Jakub Woynarowski. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

PORTUGAL HOMELAND. NEWS FROM PORTUGAL Adoc Architects, André Tavares, Artéria, Ateliermob, Like Architects, Mariana Pestana, Miguel Eufrásia, Miguel Marcelino, Paulo Moreira, Pedro Clarke, Sami Arquitectos, Susana Ventura Commissioner/Curator: Pedro Campos Costa. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

ROMANIA Site Under Construction Mihai Sima, Andreea Iancu, Raluca Sabau, Stejara Timis, Anca Trestian Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioners: Bogdan Tofan, Sandro Damian. Curator: Mihai Sima. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini Exploring identity_the nomad archives Emil Ivanescu, Carmen Tanase, Olivia Zahalca, Laura Iosub, Loredana Mihali, Marius Danciu Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Bogdan Tofan, Sandro Damian. Curator: Emil Ivanescu. Venue: Nuova Galleria dell'Istituto Romeno di Venezia Palazzo Correr, Campo Santa Fosca, Cannaregio 2214

RUSSIA Fair Enough Anton Kalgaev, Brendan McGetrick, Daria Paramonova Commissioner: Grigory Revzin. Curators: Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, Anton Kalgaev, Brendan McGetrick, Daria Paramonova. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SERBIA 14-14 Aleksandar Hrib, Zlatko, Nikolic, Jelena Radonjic, Marko Salapura, Igor Sladoljev Commissioner: Ivan Raskovic. Scientific Committees: Radivoje Dinulovic, Milan Ðuric, Igor Maric,Vladimir Milenkovic, Ljiljana Miletic-Abramovic, Borislav Petrovic, Miroslava Petrovic-Balubdžic. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SLOVENIA, Republic of The Problem of Space Travel - Supre: Architecture KSEVT Commissioner: Miha Turšic. Curator: Jurij Krpan. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

SOUTH AFRICA 1914-2014 The South African Experience Lemaseya Khama Design Commissioner: Saul Molobi. Curators: Jean-Pierre de la Porte, Lemaseya Khama. Assistant Curator: Sumayya Valley. Venue: Sale d’Armi Nord, Arsenale

SPAIN Interior Commissioners: Government of Spain, Ministry of Public Works; AC/E, Acción Cultural Española; AECID, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation and The Caja de Arquitectos Foundation. Curator: Iñaki Ábalos. Deputy Curators: Enrique Encabo, Inmaculada E. Maluenda, Lluís Ortega. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SWITZERLAND Lucius Burckhardt and Cedric Price. A stroll through a fun palace Herzog & de Meuron, Atelier Bow-Wow, Stefano Boeri, Eleanor Bron, Elizabeth Diller, Liam Gillick, Olafur Eliasson, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Dan Graham, Dorothea von Hantelmann, Samantha Hardingham, Carsten Holler, Koo Jeong-a, Philippe Parreno, Asad Raza, Tino Sehgal, Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé, Mirko Zardini Commissioners: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia—Sandi Paucic and Marianne Burki. Deputy Commissioner: Rachele Giudici Legittimo. Curator: Hans Ulrich Obrist. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

THAILAND Spirituality - freedom and creativity, a fundamental in Thai Architecture Lek Mathar Bunnag, Bunnag Architect International Consultants: Louisa Ka Fung Bunnag, Nook Tawee Khamkiti, Aon Pandari Klinchampa, Korn Narakorn Thanakhun, That Suthat Polpuak, Sri Boonsri Kamjan, Ike Aiyarin Jantankaew, Pun Punika Chaiyawat, Arm Yotsaret Banchakorn, Semone Bunnag, Bom Phakaphol Chinburi Commissioners: Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage (Smith Obayawat), Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture (Khemchat Thepchai). Curator: Lek Mathar Bunnag. Venue: Pavilion at the Arsenale

TURKEY * Places of Memory Alper Derinbogaz, Metehan Özcan, Candas Sisman, Ali Taptik, Serkan Taycan Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Curator: Murat Tabanlioglu. Venue: Sale d’Armi Nord, Arsenale

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES * Lest We Forget: Structures of Memory in the United Arab Emirates Commissioner: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. Curator: Michele Bambling. Venue: Sale d’Armi Nord, Arsenale

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OFFICEUS Commissioner: Storefront for Art and Architecture. Deputy Commissioner: Praxis. Curators: Eva Franch i Gilabert, Ana Miljacki, Ashley Schafer. Deputy Curator: Michael Kubo. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

UKRAINE …the face of my square Author's Group NCA Commissioner: Nikita Mazayev. Curator: Olilga Milentiy. Venue: to be confirmed

URUGUAY La Aldea Feliz. Episodios de la modernización en el Uruguay / Episodes of modernization in Uruguay Martín Craciun, Jorge Gambini, Santiago Medero, Mary Méndez, Emilio Nisivoccia, Jorge Nudelman Commissioner: Daniela Freiberg. Curator: Emilio Nisivoccia. Deputy Curators: Martín Craciun, Jorge Gambini, Santiago Medero, Mary Méndez. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

VENEZUELA Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

* Country participating for the first time

La Biennale di Venezia - Architecture Biennale 2014
14th International Architecture Exhibition
"Absorbing Modernity: 1914-2014"

director:
Rem Koolhaas

artists:
Lucius Burckhardt, Liam Gillick, Tino Sehgal, Atelier Bow-Wow , Herzog & de Meuron, Cedric Price, Stefano Boeri, Eleanor Bron, Elizabeth Diller (Diller & Scofidio), Olafur Eliasson, Dominique Gonzales-Foerster, Dan Graham, Dorothea von Hantelmann, Samantha Hardingham, Carsten Höller, Koo Jeong-a, Philippe Parreno, Asad Raza, Agnes Andree Marguerite Trouble, Mirko Zardini, Lek Mathar Bunnag, Murat Tabanlioglu, Van den Broek und Bakema (Jaap Bakema), Sep Ruf, Edi Hila, Adrian Paci, Auböck / Karasz, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Kollektiv / Rauschen, Anssi Lassila, Lassila Hirvilammi Architects, Eugene Beaudouin, Vladimir Bodiansky, Maurice Cammas, Robert Camelot, Raymond Camus, Maurice Crevel, Jacques Lagrange, Marcel Lods, Jean de Mailly, Eugene Mopin, Jean Prouve, Charles Ricome, Jacques Tati, Louis-Bernard Zehrfuss, Ori Scialom, Roy Brand, Keren Yeala Golan, Stephanie Laruade, Bohumil Kostohryz, Sophie Langevin, Nuno Lucas Da Costa, Anton Kalgaev, Brendan McGetrick, Daria Paramonova, Alper Derinbogaz, Metehan Özcan, Candas Sisman, Ali Taptik, Serkan Taycan ...

curators:
Savvas Ciriacidis, Alex Lehnerer, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Christian Kühn, Harald Trapp, Andre Correa Do Lago, Stig L. Andersson, Juulia Kauste, Jean Louis Cohen, Ori Scialom, Roy Brand, Keren Yeala Golan, Cino Zucchi, Norihito Nakatani, Hyungmin Pai, Changmo Ahn, Gezim Pacarizi, Stephanie Laruade, Bohumil Kostohryz, Sophie Langevin, Nuno Lucas Da Costa, Julio Gaeta, Luby Springall, Guus Beumer, Dirk van den Heuvel, Nina Berre, Jurij Krpan, Inaki Ábalos, Eva Franch & Gilabert, Ana Miljacki, Ashley Schafer, Olilga Milentiy ...

venues:
Giardini, Arsenale