The 12th International Architecture Exhibition is being held until 21st November 2010 at the Giardini and at the Arsenale, and in various other venues in Venice. Entitled ‘People meet in Architecture’, the participating 48 international firms, architects, engineers and artists are illustrating their positions regarding the interaction of new social and natural environments.

The Venice Biennale has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Established in 1895, the Biennale has an attendance today of over 370,000 visitors at the Art Exhibition.

This year the 12th International Architecture Exhibition is directed by Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA (she is also this year’s Pritzker Prize winner… this may be inappropriate, but she is my intellectual girl crush material). As the first female director of Venice’s architecture biennale, Sejima’s intention is to explore the relationship between architecture and new lifestyles and values in society. “The idea is to help people relate to architecture, to help architecture relate to people, and to help people relate to themselves… In the end, we would be happy if, thanks to this exhibition, we could feel where our society might be going, what dreams the future might hold for us” said Sejima…