The timber-frame structure designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects for the U.S. Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale is set to begin a new chapter in Arkansas. Originally created for PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity, the pavilion will be reconstructed at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville by late 2027.
Conceived as more than an exhibition object, the pavilion explored the porch as a space for gathering, exchange, and civic life. Its move from Venice to Arkansas will allow that idea to continue beyond the Biennale, giving the structure a permanent public role in a new cultural setting.
Image courtesy of Marlon Blackwell Architects
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