Overview
- La Biennale di Venezia confirmed the 20th International Architecture Exhibition will run 8 May to 21 November 2027 at the Giardini and Arsenale.
- Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu accepted the curatorship at the invitation of La Biennale president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, calling it a significant challenge.
- Their statement criticizes design driven by spectacle or commercialization and emphasizes a simple, place‑rooted method grounded in materials and craft.
- They previously participated in the Biennale in 2006, 2010, and 2016, earning a Special Mention in 2010 for the project Decay of a Dome.
- Founders of Amateur Architecture Studio in 1997 and educators who established architecture programs at the China Academy of Art, they are known for projects like the Ningbo Historic Museum and Xiangshan Campus, and Wang Shu won the Pritzker Prize in 2012.