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As the Venice Architecture Biennale ends its first week, we ask five British attendees for their response to David Chipperfield’s Common Ground theme and to name their personal highlights
Venice Biennale 2012: The Corderie
Chipperfield’s Common Ground show in the Arsenale packs a lot in — but it’s worth the effort to get to the end
Venice Biennale 2012: The Padiglione Centrale
Satisfaction guaranteed as Common Ground continues at Giardini
Venice Biennale 2012: Japan grapples with tsunami
Winning national pavilion is worthy, but lacks the usual magic
Venice Biennale 2012: The Giardini pavilions
Hard bitten by recession, this year’s national pavilions have seen even the most inventive employ a minimal approach
Venice Biennale 2012: The British Pavilion
Is the British Council’s Venice Takeaway junkfood or haute cuisine?
Gossip
Biennale gossip: Parmesan nights
Less than favourable write-ups didn’t dampen the party mood at the British Pavilion
Biennale gossip: Creature comforts
Who’s been given the five-star treatment in Venice — and who hasn’t?
Biennale gossip: "Sorry, you're not on the list"
Which world famous architect was refused entry to Chipperfield’s cocktail do?
Profile
David Chipperfield: Fanfare for the common ground
David Chipperfield has found curating the Venice Biennale stressful. Not only are there more than 100 participants, but his agenda has rubbed up against architects’ giant egos
Pavilions
Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Brazil
Brazil’s official participation investigates the intersection between traditional and contemporary artistic tendencies
Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Mexico
The Mexican pavilion is a celebration of Mexican culture and an act of defiance towards ‘pure and clean architecture’
Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Holland
The Dutch pavilion opens up the many possibilities that an exisiting or vacant structure has to offer
Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: France
The french pavilion explores the potential of Dorsale-Est, a city that doesn’t appear on any administrative map
Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Russia
Russia’s pavilion is an entirely devoted to the Silicon Valley-esque Skolkovo Innovation Centre project
Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Spain
The Spanish pavilion explores the vital importance of research processes in architecture.
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Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Greece
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Venice Biennale 2012 Pavilions: Germany
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Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: China
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Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Canada
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Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Chile
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Venice Biennale 2012 Pavilions: Korea
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Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: USA
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Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Denmark
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Venice Biennale 2012 Pavilions: Switzerland
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Venice Biennale 2012 pavilions: Australia
British Council seeks proposals for Venice 2014
British Pavilion will respond to ‘Absorbing Modernity: 1914-2014’ theme
Venice Biennale sees rise in visitor numbers
More than 178,000 attend Chipperfield-curated architecture exhibition, almost 5% more than 2010
Biennale participants hit back at Prix
Coop Himmelb(l)au principal accused of hypocrisy after criticising visitors’ “vanity”
Urban Think Tank wins Venice Architecture Biennale Golden Lion
Top honour also goes to Toyo Ito-curated Japanese pavilion
Wolf Prix launches scathing attack on Venice Biennale
Austrian architect describes Chipperfield’s theme as a ‘compromise’ that ‘can’t get any worse’
