Coronavirus hits Venice Biennale and Norman Foster event

Venice Biennale_Giardini - photo Francesco Galli

Architects from 60 countries were due to arrive for set-up in Venice in next few weeks

The organisers of the Venice Architecture Biennale have postponed the start of this year’s event by three months.

An international forum organised by the Norman Foster Foundation has also been cancelled, it was announced last night.

The news follows hot on the heels of the decision to reschedule Mipim, which was attended by more than 6,000 UK delegates last year, to June.

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