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As part of Lisson Gallery's Genius Loci – Spirit of Place, running concurrently with the Venice Biennale, Ai Weiwei has assembled a monumental stack of conjoined stainless steel bicycles overlooking the Grand Canal and Accademia bridge. John Hill

In the Elements of Architecture portion of the Venice Biennale, Rem Koolhaas has defined 15 fundamental elements, such as ceilings, floors, stairs, and walls. The latter has a particularly impressive kinetic skin wall by Germany's Barkow Leibinger. John Hill

As part of the Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014 segment of Fundamentals, the 2014 Venice Biennale directed by Rem Koolhaas, the Architectural Association School of Architecture has realized a full-scale model of Le Corbusier's famous Maison Dom-ino. John Hill

World-Architects got a preview of the Time-Space-Existence exhibition, a collateral event of the Venice Biennale. The exhibition is being held in two venues: Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora. Here we highlight some pieces from Palazzo Mora. John Hill

World-Architects got a preview of the Time-Space-Existence exhibition, a collateral event of the Venice Biennale. The exhibition is being held in two venues: Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora. Here we highlight some pieces from Palazzo Bembo. John Hill

Last night was a small party for press at the Biennale office near San Marco. The man of the hour, of course, was Director Rem Koolhaas, who mingled for a while (and chatted on the phone) before getting on his boat. John Hill

The World-Architects team has arrived in Venice for the Biennale. Be sure to check in daily, as we'll be posting to the Daily News throughout the week. Pictured is a vaporetto with Irma Boom's graphic treatment for Fundamentals. John Hill

The National September 11 Memorial Museum opened to the public on May 21, 2014. Designed by Davis Brody Bond, the museum is located beneath the 8.5-acre Michael Arad/Peter Walker Memorial Plaza, for which the firm served as executive architect. John Hill, Davis Brody Bond

a/LTA won a 2013 competition for an intergenerational residence in ZAC Beauregard-Qunicé, Rennes, France. This "city fragment" is conceived as a durable space, open and porous, lending itself to new forms of function. John Hill, a/LTA architectes

As local pharmacies across the United States fall to ubiquitous chains like CVS, it's refreshing to see this nearly 70-year-old pharmacy in suburban Detroit thrive and reinvent itself. Architecture is an important element in the latter, from the façade to the layout and the...

This head office for a human resource development and networking company was designed by Akitoshi Ukai of Aichi-based architecture firm AUAU. When the company decided to move the center of its operations to a site surrounded by paddy fields in Toyota City, client and architect seized the...

World-Architects will be in Venice for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, directed by Rem Koolhaas under the theme "Fundamentals." John Hill

The sophisticated, multi-layered glass façade of Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer's Würth House in Rorschach, Switzerland, appears rippling; fitting for its setting on Lake Constance. John Hill, Thomas Geuder

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the architecture mentor in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative for 2014-15, has selected Paraguayan architect Gloria Cabral as his protégé. John Hill

Artist Robert Morris's permanent addition to the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, opened on May 22. John Hill

The project site for this residence is a 7,500 sf cross slope lot in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. The property is located near the top of a significant hill with panoramic views towards the Silver Lake Reservoir. John Hill, ANX /Aaron Neubert Architects

The Royal Greenwich UTC is a co-educational college for 600 14-18 year-olds. The UTC specializes in engineering and construction and has state-of-the-art equipment to give students the best possible opportunities. John Hill, Walters & Cohen Architects

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe present “Made in Europe”, an exhibition tracing 25 years of European architecture in the Palazzo Michiel from June 7th to August 4th, coinciding with Biennale Architettura 2014. John Hill

Five proposals vying to be Sweden's newest skyscraper, to be built in Gothenburg, have been selected in the Karlavagnstornet competition. John Hill

Tonight the Montreal Symphony Orchestra inaugurates the pipe organ at Maison Symphonique. The 6,489-pipe colossus is a collaboration between Jack Diamond of Diamond Schmitt Architects and Quebec-based organ manufacturer Casavant Frères. John Hill

Following the 2011 competition UNStudio’s World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion in Qingdao, China, has been realized. The World Horticultural Expo 2014 takes place the Chinese city of Qingdao from April to October 2014. John Hill, UNStudio

Mikou Design Studio's competition entry for the Africanews radio headquarters includes news rooms, meeting rooms, offices, congress hall and panoramic restaurant. Mikou Design Studio

The legendary graphic designer of everything from logos to signage, magazines, maps, and architectural monographs, died on May 27 at the age of 83. John Hill

If anybody can be described as a sound architect it's Bernhard Leitner, who created "Le Cylindre Sonore" for the Parc de la Villette in Paris. His work is celebrated in an upcoming exhibition at Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W). John Hill

Copenhagen restaurant group Cofoco has teamed up with some of the city’s most creative forces — Kilo founder Lars Larsen, creative adviser Jonas Hartz, BIG partners Jakob Lange and Bjarke Ingels — to create the new restaurant Llama. John Hill, Jonas Hartz

Today we are launching Daily News, a new editorial section of World-Architects that, as the name indicates, brings headlines, projects, products and other features to readers on a daily basis. John Hill

The Spanish office of Francisco Mangado has won first prize in the international competition to convert the facilities of an old thermal hospital into a spa. John Hill, Francisco Mangado

Architect Rafael de La-Hoz completes the Daoíz y Velarde Cultural Centre. As part of the Daoiz y Verlarde complex of former barracks the objective is to preserve the architecture, a representative sample of Madrid’s industrial and military heritage. Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos

BBP Architects have converted an office building dating from 1964 in the center of Copenhagen into the new headquarters for the Danish jewelry firm Trollbeads, who are known for their glass and gold beads. John Hill, BBP Architects

Think of the areas in and around Boston and most likely institutions of higher education come to mind: Harvard University, MIT, Boston University, to name a few. Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) is relatively small in comparison but a new 20-story tower gives the college...

A fire broke out on Friday in the basement of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's early 20th-century masterpiece. John Hill

To recognize the achievements of firms profiled on World-Architects.com, we present the fourth biannual roundup of Awards, Competitions, Completed Buildings, Exhibitions, and Monographs; carefully selected, just like the profiles. John Hill

Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Poli House wins the inaugural award from the Illinois Institute of Technology. John Hill

Reaction, Creation on Aarau, Switzerland's Schneider & Schneider is the first of a new series of monographs from W-A. John Hill

The founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture will receive the prize from Venice Biennale director Rem Koolhaas. John Hill