Organizers of the U.S. Pavilion have announced the 52 finalists who will participate in the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Each project responds to the brief co-commissioners Peter MacKeith, Susan Chin, and Rod Bigelow shared which asked for works that center the American porch, in all of its cultural, political, and social dimensions. The jurors were Austen Barron Bailly, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary; Julie Bargmann, D.I.R.T. studio; Marlon Blackwell, Marlon Blackwell Architects; Stephen Burks, Stephen Burks Man Made; Josephine Minutillo, Architectural Record; Justin Garrett Moore, Mellon Foundation; and Jack Murphy,The Architects Newspaper.I was most impressed by the range and diversity of the different interpretations ofPORCH and its role as a public place of gathering, community, and civic purpose, Blackwell shared in a statement. The submissions ranged in scale from two people to 200 people and everything in between. As a jury, we sought to reflect this range in the quality and different scales of work through the selections we made from around the country. The process was organized by the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas, in partnership with DesignConnects and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Below are the 52 finalists:Architecture for Public BenefitAtelier MeyatelierjonesAuburn Universitys Rural Studiobrg3s architectsBrightmoor Maker SpaceBrooks + ScarpaChibbernoonieCLB ArchitectsColes House ProjectCU DenverCunningham | Quill ArchitectsDanielle HatchDavid Baker Architectsde Leon & Primmer Architecture WorkshopDetroit Collaborative Design Center, University of Detroit MercyDUSTEl DoradoEskew+Dumez+RippleEYRC ArchitectsFigureFred Carl Jr. Small Town Center at Mississippi State UniversityFriends Of Residential Treasures: Los AngelesGulf Coast Community Design StudioJerome Haferd StudioJohnson FainJones StudioKatherine Hogan ArchitectsLake|FlatoLetter JMark Cavagnero AssociatesMarpillero Pollak ArchitectsMatthew Mazzottamodus studioOffice of: OfficeOlson KundigPei Cobb Freed/Moody Nolan/Hood Design StudioPeoples Architecture Office and Plugin HouseRDG Planning & DesignRichard Kennedy ArchitectsRoss Barney ArchitectsSmith Gee StudioSO ILSomewhere StudioStudio CadenaStudio GangStudio James Carpenter / JCDA Inc.The Miller Hull PartnershipVJAAWeiss/ManfrediWXY StudioYoung + Wales ArchitectsJustin Garrett Moore, program director of Mellon Foundations Humanities in Place program, said, the 2025 U.S. Pavilion will showcase the power of architecture to shape and reflect our American communities, ecologies, cultures, and stories. The selected participants offer creative and generous solutions to the challenges for how we make and share space, engage in civic life, and build and maintain more equitable and beautiful places for all. Austen Barron Bailly, Crystal Bridges Museums chief curator, added, the collaborative jury process affirmed the power of the American porch as a design concept that resonates with all types of communities and fosters positive connections.Moving forward, each finalist will receive a stipend to help develop their submissions into exhibition-ready designs.In mid-March, an open call for unbuilt and speculative proposals from U.S. architecture students will be shared, in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity opens on May 10, 2025, in Venice, Italy.