20-05-2018 01:05 via theguardian.com

The Vatican in Venice (and a cardinal who walks on the wild side)

Norman Foster joins Lou Reed-loving cleric for church’s debut at architecture biennaleWhen the Venice Architecture Biennale opens on 26 May, the genius of cutting-edge designers from around the world will be celebrated. But the show will also be notable for a different kind of innovation: the involvement for the first time of the Vatican, in collaboration with Norman Foster.The Catholic church’s debut pavilion will consist of 10 full-scale chapels built on an island in the Venice lag
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