{"product_id":"the-architecture-biennale-anthropology-of-a-venetian-experiment","title":"The Architecture Biennale: Anthropology of a Venetian Experiment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Architecture Biennale: Anthropology of a Venetian Experiment\u003c\/strong\u003e is Albena Yaneva's behind-the-scenes account of how the Venice Biennale Architettura is actually made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Venice Architecture Biennale is the discipline's most prestigious and influential event, and also one of its most opaque—surrounded by speculation about the mechanisms and money that keep it running. Yaneva followed the making of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition in 2025, \u003cem\u003eIntelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.\u003c\/em\u003e, to document how such an exhibition is imagined, negotiated, curated and delivered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than reading the Biennale through press releases, media coverage or aesthetic critique, Yaneva's ethnographic method attends to the people and processes behind it: curatorial assistants, exhibition designers, Biennale staff, exhibitors, and the legal, logistical, financial and political constraints they work within. The result is a portrait of the Biennale as a complex, contested enterprise and a key instrument in shaping architectural discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn ethnographic study of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrings an anthropological method to architectural theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeveloped in collaboration with the Politecnico di Torino\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigned by Maud van Rossum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a Biennale exhibition is planned, negotiated and staged, from concept to opening\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe roles of the many people beyond the curator who bring the event into being\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow legal structures, logistics, budgets and political alliances shape what visitors see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the Biennale matters so much to the way architecture is discussed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbena Yaneva is Professor of Architectural Theory at the Politecnico di Torino and at Columbia GSAPP. Her work examines contemporary architectural practice and the political reach of design. She received the RIBA President's Award for Outstanding University-based Research in 2010 and the Mark Cousins Theory Award in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Softback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 17 x 24 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 200\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9789462089426\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: nai010 Publishers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e Architects, curators and students who have visited—or exhibited at—Venice, and readers interested in how architectural culture is produced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nai010 Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49139901923553,"sku":"9789462089426","price":73.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9789462089426.jpg?v=1789618667","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/the-architecture-biennale-anthropology-of-a-venetian-experiment","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}