For today’s edition, we’ve got a bundle of interesting articles, insights, and trends just for you. Let’s take a look:

• What happens when ancient ritual, modern technology, and a new generation of designers meet in one of the world’s oldest cities? The China Pavilion offers an answer.

• Taiwan’s pavilion explores the nation’s architectural ingenuity through the lens of precarity.

• The Nordic Countries Pavilion becomes a space of embodied critique in Industry.

• South Korea’s Little Toad, Little Toad pavilion features site-specific installations that reflect on the pavilion’s legacy, natural context, and sustainable transformation.

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China Pavilion CO-EXIST Curated by Ma Yansong Explores Heritage in the Age of Intelligence

China has officially opened its pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Titled CO-EXIST, the exhibition is curated by renowned architect Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architect.

Navigating Uncertainty: Taiwan’s “NON-Belief” Pavilion at Venice Biennale

Taiwan’s pavilion showcases the nation's adaptive architectural ingenuity through the theme of “[non],” highlighting creativity born from vulnerability, ambiguity, and marginality.

Industry Muscle turns the Nordic Pavilion into a Space of Rebellion

Teo Ala-Ruona’s Industry Muscle transforms the Nordic Pavilion into a performative critique of trans experience, bodily autonomy, and fossil-fuel legacies.

Little Toad, Little Toad: Korean Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2025

With the Little Toad, Little Toad: Unbuilding Pavilion, South Korea commemorates the pavilion’s 30th anniversary at the 19th Venice Biennale.

Luxembourg’s Sonic Pavilion Tunes Into the Architecture of Sound

The Luxembourg Pavilion unveils Sonic Investigations, a sensorially immersive exhibition that shifts architectural focus from the visual to the auditory.

Oshinowo Studio Brings Lagos Markets to Venice with Alternative Urbanism

The exhibition immerses visitors in the rhythms and systems of these marketplaces. Rather than depicting these markets as spaces of scarcity or dysfunction, Alternative Urbanism positions them as exemplars of local innovation and sustainability.

UAE’s “Pressure Cooker” Pavilion at Venice Biennale Explores Architecture in a Climate Crisis

Pressure Cooker explores the intricate relationship between architecture, food security, and climate change, with a special focus on adaptive greenhouse systems designed for arid environments like the UAE.

15 Unmissable Pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale

This year Biennale challenges established design ideas and displays alternative solutions to sustainability and resource constraints with the goal of inspiring long-term urban transformation.