The Venice Architecture Biennale matures in one year, the exhibition is m complex and elaborated per year. This year's director, Sir David Chipperfield t aims to overthrow an egocentric approach to the architect and promote a return to the heart of practice with the theme of the commons – a t sweeping item pointing to an egalitarian society rewriting, anti-elitist contemporary architecture. While there is still a considerable presence of everything from Zaha Hadid to Norman Foster, considerable effort has been fet to ensure that they do not dominate. Chipperfield has invited m is a hundred architects, artists, photographers and academics to help fill the Arsenal alone.