9th International Architecture Exhibition

The 9th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2004 Venice Biennale of Architecture was titled METAMORPH. It lasted from September 12 to November 7 and was directed by Kurt W. Forster. The exhibition attracted over 115,000 visitors.

Awards

The recipients of the prestigious Lion Awards were:

• Golden Lion Award for Best Installation Presented by a Country: Belgium, for it pavilion and for the installation "Kinshasa, The Imaginary City."
• Golden Lion for Most Remarkable Work in the Exhibition: SANAA, for the "Twenty-First Century Museum of Contemporary Art" in Kanazawa, Japan, and for the Ivam extension in Valencia, Spain.
• Concert Halls: Danish/Belgian firm Plot for their Concert Hall Stavanger in Norway.
• Episodes: German photographer Armin Linke and Italian architect Piero Zanini for the installation "Alpi."
• Transformations: Austrian architect Günther Domenig for the Documentation Centre at the Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg, Germany.
• Topography: London-based Foreign Office Architects for the Novartis Car Park in Basel, Switzerland.
• Surfaces: Japanese practitioner Shuhei Endo for "Springtecture."
• Atmosphere: Australian firm PTW Architects and partners CSCEC + Design of China for the National Swimming Center, Beijing Olympic Green.
• Hyper-Projects: Martinez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos for the Esplanada Forum of Barcelona.
• Morphing Lights, Floating Shadows (Photography): NASA in collaboration with Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Cornell University for images of Mars.
• Golden Lion for lifetime achievement: Peter Eisenman.

National Pavilions and Curators

United States Pavilion^[1]: Transcending Type. Featuring six U.S. architecture firms in the vanguard of contemporary design. Each explore new forms and uses for iconic modern building types. Curated by Architectural Record and Christian Ditlev Bruun.

• George Yu Architects, Los Angeles: SHOPPING CENTER. Project description
• Kolatan/MacDonald Studio, New York: RESIDENTIAL HIGH RISE (Resi-Rise) Project description.
• Studio/Gang/Architects, Chicago: URBAN SPORTS ARENA.
• Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, New York: PARKING GARAGE.
• Predock_Frane, Los Angeles: SPIRITUAL SPACE.
• Reiser + Umemoto, New York: HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE.

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