A century-old pub in a tiny central-west Queensland town has been chosen to represent Australia with the theme of ‘repair’ at Venice Architecture Biennale.Built in 1910, Barcaldine's Globe Hotel was facing demolition before the Barcaldine Regional Council purchased it in 2011 and converted it into a multi-million-dollar community cultural precinct. Now the space, which is used as a visitor information centre, art gallery, history room, and bank, will be featured at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale.Architect Brian Hooper, who worked with Brisbane-based company m3architecture on the project, said, «We're one in 15 projects for the Australia exhibition. We're quite honored.»Hooper further said that the reconstruction began in late 2014, and took the architectural team just over a year to complete. Although the old structure was damaged, the team's main desire was to maintain the old style while creating a new and useful space for the outback town. ABC Local quotes Hooper: “We had to completely rebuild the verandas, but one of the benefits of retaining the building came from the fact that we were able to replace the buildings back in situ, over the footpath.« »If we'd demolished the building, we wouldn't have been afforded the same flexibility of building the veranda over the footpath again, and I think some of those notions retain that old character of the town,« he added. Hooper further commented that the decision of saving the old building made the project far more difficult, and the decision has since paid off.The 2018 Venice Biennale will feature designs from more than 60 countries, each based on a theme decided by the county itself. Hooper also revealed that while being selected to represent Australia feels incredible, this year’s theme helped secure their selection. »This time round the curators have selected a theme of 'repair' which is all about adaption and reuse of existing spaces and buildings," as quoted by ABC Local.The 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale will run from May 26 through November 25, 2018.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/                                              Founder Louise Blouin    Read more