The Triennial 2016 was the Triennial sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) in the Italian city of Milan.^[1] Its theme was 21st century. Design after Design.

It was the first Triennial governed by the current BIE treaty. Thus picking up a tradition, by the BIE and Milan, of architecture and design expositions held since 1923 in Northern Italy after a break of twenty years.