Biennale Architettura
Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu take the Architecture Biennale with Do Architecture, asking whether craft, land and modern construction can share a Venetian site.
2027 dates
- Venue
- Giardini, Arsenale and venues across Venice
- Where to plan around
- Castello, Giardini and Arsenale, with national pavilions also in the historic centre
- Access
- Buy timed tickets only through La Biennale once the shop opens. Guided tours will also sell online. National pavilions may keep different hours. Rolex is exclusive partner and official timepiece.
- Official information
- Visit La Biennale di Venezia ↗
The Banquet note
La Biennale has appointed Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, founders of Amateur Architecture Studio in Hangzhou in 1997, to direct the 20th International Architecture Exhibition. Wang Shu received the Pritzker Prize in 2012. Together they established the architecture school at the China Academy of Art, where Wang was the first dean and Lu directs the Sustainable Construction Center. The exhibition is titled Do Architecture, For the Possibility of Coexistence Facing a Real Reality. It runs from 8 May to 21 November 2027 at the Giardini, the Arsenale and other Venetian venues, with a pre-opening on 6 and 7 May. National pavilions continue in the usual gardens. Rolex remains exclusive partner.
Opening hours are already published: Giardini and Arsenale from 10:00 to 18:00, closed Mondays. Tickets and guided tours will sell online only once La Biennale opens the shop; do not rely on on-site purchase. Stay in Castello if you want the Giardini at opening. Give the gardens one day and the Arsenale another, the same split that works for Arte. Biennale Arte 2026 ends on 22 November 2026, so this is a new season. Come if you want to see how Hangzhou’s building argument reads in those gardens, not because Venice needs another postcard day.
Plan it well
Two principal days, as with Arte. Book Castello lodging once tickets appear. Avoid Mondays. Recheck labiennale.org before you fly for ticket release and any venue exceptions.