Biennale Card
La Biennale di Venezia has introduced a Biennale Card which provides access to the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale. The Biennale Platinum card provides two invitations to the preview of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, valid during the Vernissage from the 27 - 28 August 2010, along with one free copy of the Official International Catalogue.
Biennale Silver, Gold and Platinum cards are available for purchase, each card provides:
- 2 free tickets for the 12th International Architecture Exhibition
- discount on tickets for the performances of the Dance, Music and Theatre Departments
- discount on season tickets for evening screenings at the Palabiennale during the 67th Venice Film Festival
- admission in the Biennale's mailing list
Biennale Gold Card 50% discount
As our guest at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale, we are delighted to provide you with access to a 50% discount on the Biennale Gold Card for 75 Euros (usually 150 Euros). You can purchase the card at the discounted rate by following the link below and entering the access keys provided:
http://card.labiennale.org/country/country.aspx
Login:country02
Password: Aus986
For more information or to purchase a Biennale Card please click here.
NOW and WHEN exhibition catalogue - now taking orders
The NOW and WHEN catalogue comprehensively documents the 'NOW and WHEN Australian Urbanism' exhibition at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale. Featuring the stunning images of the exhibition and essays written by John Gollings, Ivan Riijavec, Craig Bremner and Daniel Flood, this 204 page limited edition book, is a must have for audiences interested in NOW and WHEN. Click here to secure your copy, or for more information on the catalogue click here.
Events in Venice
The Vernissage is the official opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale and will take place from 26 - 28 August 2010. The Vernissage will attract the world's most influential architects, designers, urban planners, developers and critics. To celebrate and promote Australian Architecture during this key period the Australian Institute of Architects is holding a range of events:
- Australian Pavilion Opening
- Austral Bricks Bar
- HEAT Breakfast
- Commissioner Cocktail Party
- Austral Bricks Brunch
- Architecture Tour
Please click here for more information.
'Future of Brick' Architecture Ideas Competition - winners announced
Congratulations to the winners of the 'Future of Brick' ideas competition:
- ‘Magic Carpet’, by Sarah Crowley, David Brooks & Cheryl Hunt
- ‘Ugly Brick’, by Justyna Karakiewicz
- ‘Later Pharos’, by Peter Kuhnell & Farzin Lotfi-Jam
Congratulations also go to the following commendations:
- ‘Heritage’, by Madeleine Beech
- ‘Overlap’, by Dominic Pandolfini
To view the winning entries click here. The three winning teams each receive a return flight to Venice, Vernissage pass and entry events during 26-28 August 2010. An impressive 35 entries in total were received by Austral Bricks, and judged by John Gollings, Brian Zulaikha, Prof. Annabelle Pegrum and Cathy Inglis.
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17 teams announced to be part of the Australian exhibition, 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale
The Final stage in the process of choosing entries from the national 'Designs for Australia's cities 2050+' competition to be exhibited in the Australian Pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale has been announced. A total of 17 proposals were chosen from the shortlist.
Most of these will be rendered in 3D for screening in the Australian Pavilion in Venice, while others may be incorporated in a smaller capacity.
The Creative Directors were impressed by the range of approach and philosophy of the ideas expressed in both stages of the 'Designs for Australian Cities 2050+' Competition. In many ways the competition exceeded expectations and they look forward to broadcasting selected entries on the worldwide stage of the Biennale.
The team's two-part 'NOW and WHEN Australian Urbanism' exhibition will highlight six of Australia's most interesting urban and anti-urban regions as they are 'NOW', before dramatically representing the 17 futuristic urban environments from the competition imagining a 'WHEN' we reach 2050 and beyond.
The teams chosen to contribute to the exhibition are:
- Sydney 2050: Fraying Ground, RAG URBANISM, Richard Goodwin (Richard Goodwin Art/Architecture), Andrew Benjamin, Gerard Reinmuth (TERRIOR)
- Symbiotic City, Steve Whitford (University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning) + James Brearley (BAU Brearley Architects and Urbanists, Adjunct Professor RMIT)
- The Fear Free City, Justyna Karakiewicz, Tom Kvan and Steve Hatzellis
- A City of Hope, EDMOND & CORRIGAN, Design - Peter Corrigan (everything), Realisation - Michael Spooner (and support)
- Mould City, Colony Collective, Madeleine Beech, Jono Brener, Nicola Dovey, Peter Raisbeck and Simon Wollan
- Sedimentary City, Brit Andresen and Mara Francis
- Aquatown, NH Architecture with Andrew Mackenzie
- Multiplicity, John Wardle Architects & Stefano Boscutti
- Ocean City, Arup, Alanna Howe, Alexander Hespe
- -41 + 41, Peck Dunin Simpson Architects, Fiona Dunin, Alex Peck, Andrew Simpsons in association with Martina Johnson, Third Skin, Eckersley Garden Architecture, Angus McIntyre, Tim Kreger
- Survival vs Resilience, BKK Architects (Tim Black, Julian Kosloff, Simon Knott, George Huon, Julian Faelli, Madeleine Beech, Jane Caught and Steffan Heath) Village Well, Charter Cramer and Daniel Piker
- Terra Form Australis, HASSELL, Holopoint & The Environment Institute, Tim Horton, Tony Grist, Prof Mike Young, Ben Kilsby, Sharon Mackay, Susie Nicolai, Mike Mouritz
- Island Proposition 2100 (IP2100), Scott Lloyd, Aaron Roberts (room11) and Katrina Stoll
- Implementing the Rhetoric, Harrison and White with Nano Langenheim, Marcus White, Stuart Harrison and Nano Lagenheim
- How Does it Make You Feel (HDIMYF), Ben Statkus (Statkus Architecture), Daniel Agdag, Melanie Etchell, William Golding, Anna Nguyen, Joel Ng
- Loop-Pool / Saturation City, McGauran Giannini Soon (MGS), Bild + Dyskors, Material Thnking, MGS - Eli Giannini, Jocelyn Chiew, Catherine Ranger, Bild - Ben Milbourne, Dyskors - Edmund Carter, Material Thinking - Paul Carter
- a tale of two cities, Billard Leece Partnership Pty Ltd
'People meet in architecture' to be the over-arching theme of the 2010 Venice Biennale
The Directory of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, Kazuyo Sejima, has titled the upcoming Biennale 'People meet in architecture'. "The idea is to help people to relate to architecture, help architecture relate to people and help people relate to themselves" explains Kazuyo Sejima.
She added that separate spaces would be allocated for each architect or theme, allowing participants to be their own curators. "In this way, contributors will design their own space and make presentations that consider the experience of the visitor both physically and conceptually. It will be a series of spaces rather than a series of objects," she said.
Also announced were two new projects for this year's event; Architecture Saturdays, and the greater involvement of the Universities.
As part of Architecture Saturdays, a series of conversations, performances and weekly discussions with international architects, critics and personalities will take place every Saturday for the duration of the exhibition. Meetings will be lead by Sejima, as well as every director of former editions of the Biennale - including Vittorio Gregotti, Paolo Poroghesi, Francesco Dal Co, Hans Hollein, Massimiliano Fuksas, Deyan Sudjic, Kurt W. Forster, Richard burdett, and Aaron Besky.
For more information, click here to see official website and media release.
Dates and Director announced for the 2010 Biennale!
Dates of the 2010 Venice Architecture Beinnale have now been announced
Vernissage: 26, 27, 28 August 2010
Exhibition: 29 August - 21 November 2010
On November 6th, the Biennale Board appointed Kazuyo Sejima as Director of the Architecture section. Kazuyo Sejima will curate the 12th International Architecture Exhibition. Ms. Sejima is the first female curator of the Biennale's Architecture section.
For more information, click here to see official website and media release.
Creative Director Team Chosen
John Gollings and Ivan Rijavec will head the creative team for the Australian Pavilion at the upcoming 12th Venice International Architecture Biennale.
The team’s two-part ‘NOW and WHEN Australian Urbanism’ exhibition will highlight three of Australia’s most interesting urban regions as they are ‘now’, before dramatically representing futuristic urban environments as they may be ‘when’ we reach 2100. Click here for the media release and media backgrounder, explaining the exhibition concept in detail.
The full 2010 Creative Directors Team comprises Australia’s preeminent architectural photographer John Gollings, leading Melbourne-based architect Ivan Rijavec, graphic designer David Pidgeon, astrophysicist Professor Jeffrey Shaw, architect and sound designer Nick Murray and 3D experts Sam Slicer and Daniel Flood.
A total of 29 submissions were received for the role of Creative Director, with five proposals shortlisted in a rigorous selection process ahead of this announcement of the winning team.
The Venice Biennale Committee for 2009/2010
The task of the Venice Biennale Committee is to facilitate the 2010 Australian exhibition at the Architectural Biennale in Venice, with also the view to establishing the longer-term future of Australia’s participation in Venice.
Members of the Venice Biennale Committee are:
- Prof Geoffrey London - Chair
- Howard Tanner
- Prof Annabelle Pegrum
- Rachel Neeson
- Brian Zulaikha
- Karl Fender
- Prof Philip Goad
- Ross Clark
Commissioner for 2010 - Mrs Janet Holmes à Court AC
In a significant boost for Australian architecture, one of the nation’s most successful businesswomen and best-known patron of the arts will become the new face of the Venice Architecture Biennale. Mrs Janet Holmes à Court has been announced as the nation’s new Venice Architecture Biennale Commissioner.
“I am delighted to have been invited to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale as Commissioner. I have been deeply interested in Australia’s built environment for most of my life - rejoicing with our architects where they have been innovative and successful - and weeping with them over the proliferation of buildings inappropriate to our Australian environment and that of the 21st world.
From my travels and reading, I feel confident that Australia has a great wealth of architectural talent. This is often overlooked in the maturing of our society.
Anything I can do to draw attention to the creativity of the best Australian Architects will be a joy and a privilege” said Mrs Holmes à Court.
The high profile role of Commissioner, held very successfully over the past two years by former Sydney Lord Mayor, businesswoman and fellow arts patron Lucy Turnbull, was vital to ensure that Australia’s presence in Venice was supported onshore and internationally. The Institute is delighted that Mrs Janet Holmes à Court has accepted the role of Commissioner and welcomes her on-board.
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