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The international Jury of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia composed of Sofía von Ellrichshausen (President of the Jury, Argentina), Frank Barkow (United States), Kate Goodwin (Australia), Patricia Patkau (Canada), Pier Paolo Tamburelli (Italy), has decided to present the following awards:

Golden Lion for Best National Participation:
for a compelling architectural installation that is at once enjoyable while tackling the critical issues of scale in domestic space.

SWITZERLAND
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House Tour

Commissioners: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia: Marianne Burki, Sandi Paucic, Rachele Giudici Legittimo
Exhibitors: Alessandro Bosshard, Li Tavor, Matthew van der Ploeg, Ani Vihervaara
Venue: Giardini
 
A special mention has been awarded to the following National Participation:
for the Courageous proposal that uses emptiness to create a “freespace” for events and informal appropriation.

GREAT BRITAIN
Island

Commissioner: Sarah Mann- Architecture Design Fashion British Council
Curators: Caruso St John Architects, Marcus Taylor
Venue: Giardini

Golden Lion for the best participant in the 16th Exhibition FREESPACE:
for the precision of the pairing of two aerial photographs, which reveals the essential relationship between architecture, time and place. Freespace appears without being announced, plain and simple.

Eduardo Souto de Moura (Porto, Portugal)
Souto Moura - Arquitectos

Venue: Arsenale Corderie

Silver Lion for a promising young participant in the 16th Exhibition FREESPACE:
for a project that possesses a confidence thanks to which slowness and waiting allow architecture to be open to future activation.

Jan de Vylder, Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu (Ghent, Belgium)
architecten de vylder vinck taillieu

Venue: Central Pavilion – Giardini

The Jury has decided to award two special mentions to the following Participants in the 16th International Exhibition FREESPACE:
for a sensitive installation that provides a framework to reflect on the material and form of traditional vernacular structures

Andra Matin (Jakarta, Indonesia)
andramatin
Venue: Arsenale Corderie

and for three projects that address issues of intimacy and empathy, gently diffusing social boundaries and hierarchies

Rahul Mehrotra (Mumbai, India; Boston, USA)
RMA Architects
Venue: Central Pavilion – Giardini
 
The Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, is also awarding the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement upon recommendation of Curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara to:

Kenneth Frampton (Great Britain)