2027.05.08 — 2027.11.21 · Coming soon
Venice Architecture Biennale
The 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale is the 20th, from 8 May to 21 November (pre-opening 6–7 May), in the Giardini and the Arsenale, 10am–6pm, closed on Mondays. The curators are the Chinese architects Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, under the title “Do Architecture — For the Possibility of Coexistence Facing a Real Reality”, with the focus on real places and actual building. Participants are not yet announced; the Canal Café below is a 2025 example.
Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu’s Amateur Architecture Studio combines salvaged bricks and tiles with modern engineering, in works such as the Ningbo Museum and the Xiangshan campus of the China Academy of Art.
With the 2027 work, watch for where the materials come from and who builds, and how.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and others opened the Canal Café in the Arsenale beside a water-purification lab, where lagoon water was bio-filtered, desalinated and disinfected into a cup of coffee.
A process usually hidden behind the city was put in front of you, linking an environmental question to the cup in your hand.
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Participants and prices are not yet published; the Canal Café is a 2025 project, not a 2027 preview.
Closed on Mondays.
The map shown is from 2025, for getting to know the two venues.
Official 2025 map: Arsenale exhibition areas, entrances and facilities. Historical layout reference only; use the new edition’s plan for current booths, works and routes.
2027-05-08 to 11-21, 10am–6pm, closed on Mondays; pre-opening 6–7 May.
Europe/RomePrefer public transport and group dispersed venues by area using the official map.
Tickets and guided tours are sold online only; the two main venues are the Giardini and the Arsenale.
Tickets coming soon (online only)
Accessibility varies by venue or sector; confirm the specific session with the organiser before travel.
Dates and entry details refer to this edition; individual sessions may differ.
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La Biennale di Venezia
The full list of exhibitors or programme details has not been announced. Examples from previous editions are labelled with their year.
Information checked on 2026-10-03
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