Under the curatorship of Kazuyo Sejima, the 12th Architecture Biennale is above all marked by its diversity, unified under the usefully unspecific overarching title of “People meet in architecture.”'

The architects behind the redesign say the media installations are an expression of an attempt to make the complex more inviting and immediate.

The Belasco Theater, a Broadway house known for its relative intimacy and its subtly gothic ambience, has been restored to its original grandeur.