| beginnings of scandal. some eyes in delhi are focussed
| on this event.

...Biennale Architecture... 10th International Architecture Exhibition... Venice, September-November 2006...

Main features of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition
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The Biennale has decided to dedicate the theme of the 10th Exhibition to the meta-cities. The changes in the physical and social morphology of the city now allow us to delineate the features of a new civilian agglomeration: the meta-city, an agglomeration that extends beyond the traditional form and concept of the city, that has come to exceed traditional boundaries, defining new issues and needs concerning its governance, and undergoing profound transformations in the composition  of its population, and in its working habits. The 10th International Architecture Exhibition will deal with these issues to formulate, at its conclusion, a programmatic document, offered to all those who bear responsibility for the planning and governance of urban and territorial systems.1

| the british are in the midst of a controversy
| already. anyone got information on the indian politicing?

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Architects row as London is left out of Venice Biennale

The pavilions at the 2006 Venice Biennale will showcase the finest contemporary architects working in the great world cities. Except, that is, London.

British Council officials, who will organise the UK exhibit at the Biennale, have triggered a row between architects by announcing plans to omit or, as they put it, "leave London behind" in next year's display. Instead they are inviting curators to submit proposals for the British pavilion that focus exclusively on the regions. London's best hope for attention is to be featured as part of the biennale's wider theme, the Meta City.2

  • 1. http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/architecture/en/17133.html
  • 2. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/17/arts.artsnews1