Louis Kahn and Venezia: The Project for the Palazzo dei Congressi and the Biennale Building

“Venice is architecture of joy. I like a place as a whole where each building contributes to the other. An architect building in Venice must think in terms of sympathy: working on my project I was constantly thinking as if I was asking each building I love so much in Venice, whether they would accept me in their company.”- Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn and Venice: Architectural Projects for the Palace of the Conference and the Biennale (Louis Kahn and Venice: The Project for the Palazzo dei Congressi and the Biennale Building) Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Mendrisio Institute of Architecture (USI) in 2018, it brings together institutions such as the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) never before launched A wealth of architectural drawings, manuscripts, and documents leads readers on a journey from 1968 to 72, where Kang is invited to visit the ruins of this lagoon-like city, combining Venice's deep architectural tradition and hope for the future. , a new look for a city with a lot of effort.