Between 8 September and 3 November 2002, the Biennale di Venezia will host NEXT: the future of world architecture. NEXT will summarise the developments of architecture over the forthcoming few years, showing us what will be built and how it will be built. Far from the fantasy and virtual representations that have drawn architecture closer to the world of art installations, this year the Architecture Biennale will examine above all the quality of the forms and of the materials of the architecture constructed.