Shortly after a Pritzker sans surprises and sans risks came the announcement of another of architecture’s leading accolades, the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion, which for its part has opted to celebrate the ‘off-limits’ and hitherto ignored trajectory

Demas Nwoko, Nigerian born artist, designer and architect, is the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia entitled The Laboratory of the Future (Giardini and Ar

Rafael Moneo The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale went to Rafael Moneo (Tudela, 1937). In the words of the curator of this year’s event, Hashim Sarkis, the Spanish architect has been one of the most transf

Fernanda Canales   The Venice Architecture Biennale, perhaps the most important architectural celebration in the world, focuses this year on the consequences of construction. It tries to encompass buildings and destruction in equal measure, and also the needs of commun

“How will we live together?” This is the title of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens with 61 participating countries. The motto reflects a turn toward social, even political concerns that has been taking place in the biennial since ov

The architect, designer, scenographer, artist, and critic Achilllina di Enrico Bo (1914-1992), known as Lina, has been recognized with the Special Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in memoriam of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, which will b

At the Venice Architecture Biennale, Eduardo Souto de Moura was awarded the Golden Lion for best participant in the ‘Freespace’ exhibition curated by Shelley and McNamara of Grafton Architects, where he has juxtaposed two aerial photographs that show

Kenneth Frampton (London, 1930) was in May awarded the Golden Lion of the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale. In the words of the curators, the British historian and architect represents the “humanistic component” of “the various ‘movements’ and trend

Spanish Pavilion The Spanish Pavilion – curated by Iñaqui Carnicero and Carlos Quintáns – won the Golden Lion for national exhibitions. With much economy of means, the curators not only managed to reinforce the general theme of Aravena’s Biennale (wi

Luis Fernández-Galiano   If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Deep in a systemic crisis that is far from over, Lenin’s old quote maintains its abrasive force. Business schools use it to boost positive thinking and choral responsibility in compani

In the context of the Spanish Pavilion in the Venice Biennale, the curators of ‘Unfinished’ engage in conversation about its exhibition, winner of the Golden Lion.

“The work is dedicated to our people, to all those who have taught us so much, to my masters: master mason, master painter, master carpenter, and master builder; we owe it to them.” These words of Solano Benítez sum up the spirit of the installation

The title, ‘Unfinished,’ and its subject, the profession in the wake of the crisis, seemed to signal yet another critical or even masochistic look at the situation in which Spanish architecture has been immersed. Fortunately this has not been the cas

One of the first events of a Venice Architect Biennale is the announcement of the Golden Lion for an entire career. This year, by honoring a master like Paulo Mendes da Rocha (see AV Monographs 161), it cannot be said that Aravena has not played safe

Phyllis Lambert The 14th International Architecture Exhibition, directed by Rem Koolhaas and centered on the Elements of Architecture, has given the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Phyllis Lambert. As Koolhaas said: “Not as an architect, but

Álvaro Siza The jury of the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, composed of Wiel Arets (chairman), Robert Stern, Benedetta Tagliabue, Alan Yentob and Kristin Freiress, conferred the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Álvaro Siza Vieira. The traje

En el marco de la 12ª edición de la Bienal de Arquitectura de Venecia, celebrada en los Giardini y el Arsenale hasta noviembre, Rem Koolhas ha recibido el León de Oro a la trayectoria profesional, a propuesta de Kazuyo Sejima, directora de la exposi

Frank Gehry The 11th Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by the Dutch critic Aaron Betsky under the title ‘Out There:?Architecture Beyond Building’, awarded its Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Frank Gehry, for his role in the transformation

Peter Eisenman & SANAA In 1985, after a long and much admired career as teacher and theorist and only five years after establishing his studio in New York, Eisenman received a first prize lion (made of stone at that time) at the Third International

Luis Fernández-Galiano   El león de San Marcos es una quimera. Al parecer, la figura de bronce que representa al patrón de Venecia es una quimera del siglo IV procedente del Mediterráneo oriental, así que la ciudad no sólo trajo de allí el cuerpo del Evangelista —trasladado