Venice Architecture
 Biennale

Venice Architecture Biennale

Held every other year in Venice, Italy, the Biennale Architettura welcomes more than 300,000 visitors and consists of a central exhibition with over 100 international participants, 60 national pavilions and collateral events throughout the city.

The prestigious event and international platform hosts critical conversations among artists, architects, critics, designers, politicians, students and cultural leaders from around the world.

The next edition will take place from May 10 to November 23, 2025.

To learn more about the 2025 edition, including information about Canada’s official representation and the Council's fellowship program, visit the following sections:

Past Exhibitions

2021    Impostor Cities

Curator: David Theodore, Presenter: T B A / Thomas Balaban Architect

2018    UNCEDED

Curators: Gerald McMaster, David Fortin, Presenter: Douglas Cardinal Architect

2016    Extraction 

Curator: OPSYS │ Pierre Bélanger

2014    Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15

Curator: Lateral Office │ Lola Sheppard, Mason White, Matthew Spremulli

2012    Migrating Landscape

Curators: 5468796 Architecture + Jae Sung Chon

2010    Hylozoic Ground

Exhibitor: Philip Beesley Architect Inc.

2008    41° to 66°: Architecture in Canada – Region, Culture, Tectonics

Curators: John McMinn, Marco Polo, Presenter: Cambridge Galleries

2006    SweaterLodge

Curators: Chris Macdonald, Greg Bellerby, Presenter: Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Exhibitor: Pechet and Robb Studio

2004    Found Object

Curator: Georges Adamczyk, Exhibitor: Saucier & Perrotte Architectes

2002    Next Memory City 

Curators: Michael Awad, John Knechtal, Presenters: InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre and Alphabet City, Exhibitors: Michael Awad, Eve Egoyan, David Rokeby

2000    Un dictionnaire ...  

Curator: Phyllis Lambert, Presenter: Canadian Centre for Architecture, Exhibitor: Melvin Charney