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While generosity takes the main stage at the Venice Architecture Biennale, old conflicts and new tensions are extending the profession’s boundaries.

The 16th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, is called FREESPACE. Here are a few highlights from the Arsenale’s 50,000-square-metre exhibition space.

The Torino firm’s bright and airy loft in Venice highlights the instability that affects all construction in the city.

Karim Rashid talks to Azure’s editorial director Nelda Rodger about designing the Decant bottle, designing for content and when to stop designing.

Designers and artists, including Erwin Wurm, Faye Toogood, Issey Miyake, and Vivienne Westwood, participate in Italian designer Alessandro Guerriero’s Workwear exhibition – a series of fantastical garments for fantastical occupations.

What emerges at the Venice Biennale, curated by Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena – and featuring 88 firms from 37 countries – is a hopeful picture of architecture with a more relevant scope, whether in the developed or developing world.

Highlights of the national exhibitions – including those from France, Japan and Australia – on display at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Reporting from the Front, curated by Alejandro Aravena, brings together diverse responses to social, political and environmental issues.

The Venice Architecture Biennale kicks off next week. The world’s biggest and most important architectural exhibition aims to be expand architecture’s scope. But it may even call architecture to task for the abysmal conditions under which some buildings are made.

The legendary designer Gaetano Pesce will be Azure’s guest of honour at the AZ Awards gala in June. Here are his thoughts on the importance of originality, technology and staying true to your own vision.