Entitled Transcending Type, the exhibition, features six U.S. firms in the vanguard of contemporary design. Each explore new forms and uses for iconic modern building types, providing a fresh perspective on structures that have been stereotyped and replicated globally. Drawings, digital media, and three-dimensional installations present a 21st-century vision for the shopping center, residential highrise, sports arena, parking garage, spiritual space, and highway interchange.

The program is part of the 9th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale — "Metamorph," a theme that signals the critical transformations in architecture over the recent past, as well as the present and future.
Kurt W. Forster is the overall Biennale Director.

George Yu Architects, Los Angeles:
SHOPPING CENTER
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Kolatan/MacDonald Studio, New York:
RESIDENTIAL HIGHRISE
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Studio/Gang/Architects, Chicago:
SPORTS ARENA
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Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, New York:
PARKING GARAGE
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Predock_Frane, Los Angeles:
SPIRITUAL SPACE
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Reiser + Umemoto, New York:
HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE
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