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British Pavilion at Venice to explore architecture’s response to ‘geological afterlives of colonialism’

By 2025-02-27T10:00:00

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Curated by a UK-Kenya team, the exhibition will examine the impact of material extraction and consider approaches to architectural repair

The British Council has announced further details of the British Pavilion for the 19th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia in 2025.

According to the British Council, the exhibition, titled GBR – Geology of Britannic Repair, “investigates how architecture can reverse the destructive impacts of colonial systems of geological extraction through emergent practices of architectural repair.”

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