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- ↑ "10th International Architecture Exhibition". Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
- ↑ "About the exhibition". Danish Architecture Centre. Archived from the original on 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
- ↑ "Co-Evolution site". UiD. Archived from the original on 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
- ↑ United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale