PRESS KIT
Members of the media can access materials at this link.
The 15th Venice Architecture Biennale will be open to the public from Saturday, May 28, 2016 - Sunday, November 27, 2016.
For more information on hours and admission; http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/tickets/
Press and Sponsor Preview (Invitation only):
- Thursday, May 26 - Friday, May, 27, 2016: Vernissage (Biennale Preview)
- Thursday, May 26, 2016, 7:00pm-9:00pm: U.S. Reception, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Music by DJ Blake Baxter, Detroit, USA)
- Friday, May 27, 2016, 11:30am: Press Conference and U.S. Pavilion Inauguration, Giardini, Venice
PRESS RELEASES
- MOCAD OPENS FOUR NEW EXHIBITIONS: The Architectural Imagination, Detroit Affinities: Adriana Martínez, Five Rings, and HOME: Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors Opening February, 11 2017
December 21, 2016 - Architecture and Change: Conversations at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, October 1, 2016
September 13, 2016 - “My Detroit” Postcard Photo Contest Winners Announced for 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale
February 25, 2016 - “My Detroit” Postcard Photo Contest Announced for 2016 Venice Biennale
October 14, 2015 - 2016 U.S. Pavilion Venice Architecture Biennale Architects Announced
August 27, 2015 - 2016 US Pavilion Announces Call for Submissions for Exhibition at Venice Architecture Biennale
July 16, 2015 - Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon to Curate the U.S. Pavilion Exhibition in the 15th International Architecture Biennale in Venice
June 18, 2015
ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
- Reimagining Detroit: A+D Museum’s The Architectural Imagination
By Isaac Wilhelm, Archinect
October 9, 2017 - Architecture as a Catalyst for Change
By Ayda Ayoubi, ARCHITECT
August 8, 2017 - International design spotlight again lands on Detroit
By Louis Aguilar, The Detroit News
March 10, 2017 - The Architectural Imagination: Interview with Cynthia Davidson
By Mekeisha Madden Toby, TBD Magazine
February 25, 2017 - 'Architectural Imagination' Exhibit Presents an Array of Visions for Detroit
By Rosie Sharp, Knight Foundation Arts Blog
February 22, 2017 - 2016 Venice Biennale U.S. Pavilion to go on display in Detroit
By Matthew Messner, The Architect's Newspaper
February 6, 2017 - Detroit, Reimagined
By Patricia Montemurri, Hour Detroit
October 31, 2016 - What role should architects and outsiders have in reimagining Detroit?
By Matthew Messner, The Architect's Newspaper
August 25, 2016 - Portrait of a City
By Melissa Feldman, Cultured Magazine
August 22, 2016 - Cynthia Davidson and Mónica Ponce de León respond to AN’s review of U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
By The Editors, The Architect's Newspaper
August 1, 2016 - After decades of Detroit ruin porn, America's Biennale exhibition runs riot
By Aaron Betsky, Dezeen magazine
July 1, 2016 - Another Review of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale / Insider’s Perspective from the US Pavilion
By Mitch McEwen, Archinect
July 1, 2016 - Is the U.S.’s Biennale Pavilion actually the Quicken Loans Pavilion?
By William Menking, The Architect's Newspaper
June 20, 2016 - Architects Reimagine Detroit
By Randy Rieland, Smithsonian
June 14, 2016 - Inside The U.S. Pavilion at This Year's Venice Architecture Biennale
By Janelle Zara, Curbed
June 9, 2016 - A grassroots, handmade Venice Architecture Biennale from Alejandro Aravena
By Christopher Hawthorne, LA Times
May 31, 2016 - The Architectural Imagination: Inside the US Pavilion for the 2016 Venice Biennale
By Cynthia Davidson & Monica Ponce de Leon, Arch Daily
May 30, 2016 - Detroit architecture exhibit sparks international curiosity
By Louis Aguilar, The Detroit News
May 27, 2016 - On a World Stage, Architects Imagine Detroit as the City of the Future
By Linda Poon, CityLab
May 26, 2016 - Detroit stars in Architecture Biennale in Venice
By Marti Benedetti, Crain's Detroit Business
May 26, 2016 - Detroit in Venice: The U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
By Matthew Messner, The Architect's Newspaper
May 25, 2016 - Six Not-to-Miss Shows at the Venice Architecture Biennale
By Hettie Judah, The New York Times Style Magazine
May 23, 2016 - Venice Biennale focuses on Detroit of the imagination
By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press
May 21, 2016 - El poder de ‘La imaginación arquitectónica’ para cambiar ciudades
By Francisco Brown, Arquine
May 20, 2016 - Previewing the 2016 Venice Biennale: the United States' "Architectural Imagination"
By Nicholas Korody, Archinect
May 17, 2016 - U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale Releases Project Images
By Miriam Sitz, Architectural Record
May 16, 2016 - Reporting from the Front
By Jeanette Kunsmann, Stephan Becker and Stephan Burkoff, BauNetz Woche #448
April 7, 2016 - Q+A> CYNTHIA DAVIDSON AND MONICA PONCE DE LEON
By Matthew Messner, The Architect's Newspaper
March 2, 2016 - Finally, Photographs Of Detroit That Go Beyond Ruin Porn
By Diana Budds, Fast Company
March 2, 2016 - La Fabbrica Torna Nel Centro Della Città
By Manuel Orazi, pagina99
February 27, 2016 - 18 photographers' Detroit images to become postcards for Venice exhibition
By Marti Benedetti, Crain's Detroit Business
February 25, 2016 - Winning "My Detroit" postcard photos for the 2016 U.S. Venice Biennale Pavilion revealed
By Justine Testado, Archinect
February 25, 2016 - Design's Social Agenda
By Cathleen McGuigan, Architectural Record
February 1, 2016 - Das Comeback der Autostadt Detroit (18:18 - 20:37)
By Sabrina Fritz, SW2 (German Radio)
January 7, 2016 - Biennale di Architettura. Ecco come sarà il Padiglione USA
By Federica Ciavattini, Artribune
November 20, 2015 - US exhibition at next year's Venice Biennale to focus on bringing new designs to Detroit
By NPR WUOM Stateside with Cynthia Canti
November 19, 2015 - World's top architecture show to spotlight Detroit
By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press
October 27, 2015 - Submit photos expressing 'My Detroit' for contest
By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press
October 26, 2015 - Ideas to repurpose 4 Detroit sites to be shown at 2016 Architecture Biennale in Venice
By Marti Benedetti, Crain's Detroit Business
October 24, 2015 - News brief: Atlanta architects Scogin/Elam to be in 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale
By Catherine Fox, ArtsATL
August 31, 2015 - The architects of the U.S. Pavilion for the 2016 Venice Biennale
Bustler
August 28, 2015 - US Pavilion Announces Architects for the Venice Biennale 2016
By Eric Oh, Arch Daily
August 28, 2015 - Taubman College To Organize U.S. Pavilion at 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale
Places Journal
July 27, 2015 - US Pavilion Summons Architects Interested in Participating at 2016 Venice Biennale
By Karissa Rosenfield, Arch Daily
July 17, 2015 - Curatorial Team for US Pavilion at 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale Announced
ARTFORUM
June 22, 2015 - Breaking: Davidson and Ponce de Leon To Curate The U.S. Pavilion Exhibition In The 15th International Architecture Biennale in Venice
By Mimi Zeiger, The Architect's Newspaper
June 18, 2015 - Curators Selected for U.S. Pavilion at 15th Venice Architecture Biennale
By Anna Fixsen, Architectural Record
June 18, 2015
