Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award in 2016
Golden Lion for Best National Participation – SPAIN
Spain has been awarded the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016, for the exhibition ‘Unfinished’ ; Gabinete de Arquitectura has been awarded the prize for best exhibition.
‘Unfinished’, Pavilion of Spain:
photo © Fernando Maquieira
photo © Fernando Maquieira
The Spanish Pavilion was curated by architects Iñaqui Carnicero, co-founder of Rica Studio, and Carlos Quintáns.
Spanish Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2016:
The international Jury of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia composed of Hashim Sarkis (President of the Jury, Lebanon, USA), Pippo Ciorra (Italy), Sergio Fajardo (Colombia), Marisa Moreira Salles (Brazil), and Karen Stein (USA) has decided to confer the awards as follows:
Golden Lion for Best National Participation
SPAIN
UNFINISHED
Commissioner: Iñaqui Carnicero + Carlos Quintans.
Curator: Carnicero + Quintans
Exhibitor: Contemporary Spanish Architecture.
Venue: Giardini
Spanish Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2016:
Two special mentions have been awarded to the following National Participations: