Peter MacKeith, Susan Chin, and Rod Bigelow to lead U.S. Pavilion at 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

By Daniel Jonas Roche, The Architect’s Newspaper

Published August 14, 2024

In all of its literary, political, and cultural dimensions, the porch will take center stage at the U.S. Pavilion in the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity will be commissioned and curated by Peter MacKeith, dean of the Fay Jones School at University of Arkansas; Susan Chin, founder of DesignConnects; and Rod Bigelow of Crystal Bridges Museum.

The show which opens May 24, 2025, will focus on “the porch as a central element in American architecture, highlighting its social, environmental, and democratic significance.” It follows the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition curated by Cleveland-based SPACES at the U.S. Pavilion which focused on the role plastics play in perpetuating ecological collapse…

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