Venice Architecture Biennale British Pavilion 2018, Exhibit, Images, Designers
Winning Team for British Pavilion at the 16th Venice Biennale
Winning Team for British Pavilion at the 16th Venice Biennale, Italy – La Biennale di Venezia, Italia
29 Sep 2017
British Pavilion at the 16th Venice Biennale
Winning team announced for British Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia

Caruso St John Architects and artist Marcus Taylor will represent the UK at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, the British Council announced today.

A panel of architecture and design specialists from across the UK selected the winning team from a shortlist of four proposals. The successful concept, titled Island, responds to the theme of Freespace, set by Biennale curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects. The proposal engages with current political themes and was submitted with the following quote from Shakespeare?s The Tempest: ?Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises; Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.?

Peter St John, Partner at Caruso St John Architects: ?It is an honour for us to have been selected to curate the British Pavilion. In the year before Brexit, we plan to transform the building into a generous public space that can be a popular meeting point within the gardens of the Biennale.?
Sarah Mann, Director of Architecture Design Fashion at the British Council: ?T...