Korea wins Golden Lion for best pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale

Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the Korean Pavilion curated by Mass Studies founder Minsuk Cho has been awarded the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014.

Crow’s Eye View: The Korean Peninsula at the Korean Pavilion
Crow’s Eye View: The Korean Peninsula at the Korean Pavilion

The exhibition, entitled Crow’s Eye View: The Korean Peninsula, aims to demonstrate the potential of a unified Korea by bringing together and interrogating the architecture of both cultures.

Monolith Controversies at the Chilean Pavilion
Monolith Controversies at the Chilean Pavilion

The runner-up, receiving the Silver Lion, is the Chilean Pavilion for the exhibition Monolith Controversies. Three special mentions go to Canada, France and Russia.

Sales Oddity. Milano 2 and the Politics of Direct-to-home TV Urbanism by Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation
Sales Oddity. Milano 2 and the Politics of Direct-to-home TV Urbanism by Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation

A Silver Lion was also awarded to Spanish architect Andrés Jaque for his project Sales Oddity. Milano 2 and the Politics of Direct-to-home TV Urbanism – part of the Mondeitalia exhibition at the Arsenale.

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