The 8th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2002 Venice Biennale of Architecture

Venice Biennale of architecture

Mostra di Architettura di Venezia, the Architecture section of the Venice Biennale, was established in 1980, although architecture had been a part of the art biennale since 1968....

, titled Next, was directed by Deyan Sudjic

Deyan Sudjic

Deyan Sudjic is director of the Design Museum, London, England.Before moving to his post at the Design Museum, he contributed to Schoolkids OZ, was the design and architecture critic for The Observer, the Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University and Co-Chair of the...

. Held at the Arsenale and Giardini exhibition venues, it took place from September 8 to November 3. The exhibition attracted over 100,000 visitors.

Awards

The recipients of the prestigious Lion Awards were:

• Golden Lion for best project: Alvaro Siza Vieira
  Álvaro Siza Vieira
  Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, is a Portuguese architect, born 25 June 1933 in Matosinhos a small coastal town by Porto. He is internationally known as Álvaro Siza .-Life and career:...
  
   for his Iberê Camargo Foundation
  Iberê Camargo Foundation
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   headquarters project.
• Golden Lion lifetime award: Toyo Ito
  Toyo Ito
  is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a "simulated" city, and has been called "one of the world's most...
  
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United States Pavilion

World Trade Center.

• World Trade Center
  World Trade Center
  The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
  
  . Two Perspectives: The Aftermath & Before. Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz
  Joel Meyerowitz
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• A New World Trade Center Design Proposals. The Max Protetch Gallery.

Commissioner: Robert Ivy