This is a unique book on the world's best known exhibition site for art and architecture. The celebrated Italian photographer Gabriele Basilico (1944-2013) has taken pictures of all the pavilions in the Giardini di Venezia. His masterful images are featured in large-format and lavish duotone printing. 30 authors from all 29 nations - architects, philosophers, and artists - have contributed short essays, writing on "their" national pavilion, its history and its identity as a space for presenting art.
