The architects of the U.S. Pavilion for the 2016 Venice Biennale

Out of 250 submissions, 12 architectural practices were selected to take part in the U.S. Pavilion exhibition for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Titled "The Architectural Imagination" and curated by Cynthia Davidson and Monica Ponce de Leon, the exhibition will present new speculative architectural projects commissioned for specific sites in Detroit, Michigan. The projects, which will be displayed inside the pavilion during the Biennale, will also possess far-reaching applications for cities around the globe.

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The participating architects are:

• A(n) Office, Detroit, Michigan
  Marcelo López-Dinardi; V. Mitch McEwen
• BairBalliet, Columbus, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois
  Kelly Bair; Kristy Balliet
• Greg Lynn FORM, Los Angeles, California
  Greg Lynn
• Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Atlanta, Georgia
  Mack Scogin; Merrill Elam
• MARSHALL BROWN PROJECTS, Chicago, Illinois
  Marshall Brown
• MOS Architects, New York, New York
  Hilary Sample; Michael Meredith
• Pita & Bloom, Los Angeles, California
  Florencia Pita; Jackilin Hah Bloom
• Present Future, Houston, Texas
  Albert Pope; Jesús Vassallo
• Preston Scott Cohen Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Preston Scott Cohen
• SAA/Stan Allen Architect, New York, New York
  Stan Allen
• T+E+A+M, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  Thom Moran; Ellie Abrons; Adam Fure; Meredith Miller
• Zago Architecture, Los Angeles, California
  Andrew Zago; Laura Bouwman

The curators will assign one of the four Detroit sites they selected to each of the 12 participants (three projects per site), who will travel to the city this fall. They will also meet with students and teachers at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Learn more at thearchitecturalimagination.org.

Also check out some of the 2014 Venice Biennale projects on Bustler here.