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At BIO 25, Design Mends Political and Cultural Divisions

The latest iteration of BIO, Ljubljana’s design biennale, aims at the full socialization of design and miraculously succeeds.

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Johnston Marklee Says Its Time for Architects to Rediscover Architecture

As curators of this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial, Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee are prompting participants to look back at the discipline's history.

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Aravena’s Biennale Doesn’t Pass Muster, Despite Its Journalistic Ethos

Despite its journalistic ethos, this year’s Venice Biennale doesn’t pass muster.

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Reporting From the Biennale: What is the Future of the Home?

At this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, multiple pavilions grappled with one vital question: What is the future of the home?

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Timely, Urban, and Contextual: The Venice Architecture Biennale’s Most Thought-Provoking Pavilions

The best of the pack stood out by marrying beautiful design with stimulating, politically urgent content.

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Q&A: Alejandro Aravena on Architectural Reportage, Regionalism, and the Future of Cities

The director of this summer's Venice Architecture Biennale discusses the impact architects can have at the global and local levels.

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10 Highlights from the Chicago Architecture Biennial

The "State of the Art of Architecture" generally delivers on its promise to expand our definition of architecture as a cultural art.

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"Architects Have to Learn to Speak Less and to Listen More"

The particularities of place and context should be among architects' foremost preoccupations, say the Mexico City-based designers.

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"Architecture Is Losing Its Capacity to Inspire People"

Chicago-based architects Design With Company on why buildings should reframe and celebrate the everyday

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“The Domestic Sphere Is the New Battleground”

The Spanish architect Andrés Jaque explains how architecture's role has changed in light of shifts in our political landscape.

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Q&A: New Agendas at Chicago’s Architecture Biennial

The biennial's directors discuss how the event will act as R&D for architecture and design.

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The First Chicago Architecture Biennial to Assess the State of the Art of Building

The biennial's organizers reveal details of the inaugural event's programming.

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Biennale Breakdown: A Guide to the National Pavilions

All the highlights, misses, and surprises from architecture's biggest event