The Australian Pavilion at the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale has opened to a positive reception from thousands of international architects and critics, plus 300 leading Australian architects attending the professional preview.
Australian Institute of Architects national president Howard Tanner said: “Venice - one of the world’s exotic cities - provides, in the Biennale, a global focus for all architectural activity.
Our pavilion, painted bright yellow, showcases over 180 practices in a remarkable explosion of Australian creativity.”
The Australian Pavilion’s creative directors, Neil Durbach, Vince Frost, Wendy Lewin, Kerstin Thompson and Gary Warner, said: “We are delighted that the exhibition, of models and immersive projections, has been so well received in this prestigious context. Our pavilion challenges the Biennale theme ‘Out There: Architecture Beyond Building’ - as both models and projections emphasise buildings as a beginning for further speculation and the necessary reference for thinking and rethinking architecture.”
Preview: 11-13 September 2008 Exhibition: 14 September - 23 November 2008.
