The studio RCR Arquitectes celebrates four decades of practice, a trajectory that has established this team as one of the most prominent references in contemporary architecture. This milestone is commemorated through an exhibition at the Museu de la Garrotxa in Olot, open to visitors from March 21 to August 9.

Espai Alfaro recently hosted a key lecture within the MArch program focused on one of the most decisive—and often overlooked—aspects of contemporary architectural practice: how to communicate architecture.

The future Central Station of Valencia could bear the signature of one of the most renowned architects in the world: the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. His studio is among the finalists in the competition to design this major infrastructure, which will shape the city’s urban future.

Science fiction has imagined for decades what life in the future might look like. In this speculative exercise, interior design — and particularly furniture — has played a fundamental role. In many films within the genre, pieces of furniture become narrative tools that help visually construct future worlds, suggesting new technologies, lifestyles, and environments that do not yet exist.

For decades, the Pritzker Architecture Prize has been considered the highest recognition in contemporary architecture. Since its creation in 1979, the award has honored figures who have shaped the direction of the discipline, but for many years it also reflected an evident reality: institutional recognition in architecture was dominated almost exclusively by men. It was not until 2004 that a woman received the prize individually for the first time, marking a symbolic turning point in the history of the award.

The Chilean architect Smiljan Radić has been announced as the winner of the 2026 Pritzker Prize, the most important recognition in the world of architecture. The jury highlighted a highly singular career, marked by a way of designing that moves away from grand media gestures and instead embraces a quieter, almost poetic architecture.

In the contemporary design landscape, numerous professionals are expanding the boundaries of the discipline and redefining its impact on visual culture, space, and the objects that form part of everyday life.

Throughout the history of architecture and design, many women have made decisive contributions to transforming the way we inhabit spaces. Their work, often overlooked for decades, has had a profound influence on the configuration of modern housing, the organization of interiors, and the relationship between architecture, everyday life, and design.

In recent decades, a new generation of women architects has expanded the horizons of the discipline, introducing perspectives that connect architectural practice with social, environmental, and cultural issues. Their work not only responds to formal or technical challenges, but also proposes new ways of understanding the relationship between architecture, territory, and community.

The practice of architecture has evolved significantly over the past decades. Today, studios face not only the challenge of designing buildings, but also that of managing teams, coordinating complex processes, and developing strategies that allow them to sustain their activity in an increasingly competitive environment.

Traveling is also a way of learning about architecture. Beyond conventional tourist guides, discovering the buildings and spaces that shape a city makes it possible to understand how its identity is constructed, how different historical periods relate to one another, and how design influences the way we inhabit places.

The Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2011, will serve as director of the Portuguese newspaper Público for one day as part of the publication’s 36th anniversary celebrations.

Between February 19 and 26, students from the MBA MArch Advanced master’s program in architecture, design and business administration travelled to Olot to take part in a workshop organized by RCR Arquitectes, recipients of the Pritzker Prize in 2017.

Europe continues to be one of the main epicenters of contemporary architecture and design, hosting each year a wide network of biennials, congresses, festivals, and fairs that become meeting points for architects, designers, researchers, and students.

Fran Silvestre Arquitectos has presented a new residential project in Alicante, a single-family home articulated through the logic of its program and its precise placement along one of the city’s main avenues. The proposal responds clearly to the conditions of the site, establishing a precise functional organization and an architecture that strengthens the relationship between interior space, garden, and light.

Within the M03_Build module, the Singular Structures team, led by David Gallardo, has developed a workshop in which MArch students have faced an exercise closely related to their field of specialization.

The new poster for Pólvora a la Vespra 2026 has been presented, one of the cultural events included in the Fallas calendar, which will take place on February 28 and March 7. It has been designed by Ibán Ramón, who has returned as the author of the poster after creating the image for the previous edition.

The Pritzker Prize is the most prestigious recognition in the field of architecture, internationally regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in this discipline. It was established in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and Cindy Pritzker with the aim of honoring architects whose work has made a significant contribution to both architecture and society.

There is an evident relationship between cinema and architecture: both disciplines construct space, although they do so through different means. Architecture materializes space, while cinema represents it. Set design, composition, and cinematography transform architecture into an essential element for building the atmosphere and meaning of a film.

Completing an MBA in Architecture and Design in just one year represents a unique opportunity to gain comprehensive and specialized knowledge within an intensive timeframe.

Metal has historically been a material associated with industry and technical precision, most commonly used in structural applications. However, in contemporary architecture, it has acquired an increasingly relevant role as a finish, becoming a resource capable of defining the atmosphere of a space.

The Font Romeu-Odeillo-Via school complex, designed by RCR Arquitectes between 2010 and 2014 in the Pyrénées-Orientales, emerges as an architecture that links itself to the place. Situated on a south-facing slope, the building responds directly to the topographical conditions, the climate, and the mountainous landscape, integrating itself into the terrain instead of imposing itself upon it.

Students from the MArch programs, within the module 03_Build, have participated in a workshop focused on solid surface, a material whose presence in contemporary architecture and design is increasingly significant. The session, led by Paco Pardo, introduced students to this material through a practical approach, allowing them to understand not only its technical properties but also its potential as a design tool.

Filmmaker Sara Nunes has directed a documentary that explores the early beginnings of Álvaro Siza’s career, focusing on one of his first projects: the four houses in Matosinhos. Conceived while he was still a student, this residential ensemble represents not only the start of his professional path, but also the origin of a way of understanding architecture deeply connected to everyday life.

The Italo-Portuguese architecture studio Correia/Ragazzi visited Valencia to deliver a lecture addressed to MArch students. On this occasion, they presented a selection of their most relevant works and shared the influences, interests, and concerns that shape their professional practice.

As part of the MBA MArch Advanced programme in architecture, design and business administration, the Visual Identity session has been delivered as a direct approach to the relationship between design and business management. The class focuses on the role that visual identity plays in brand construction and in the development of a solid business plan.

This week, as part of the M03_Construct module, the Building Information Modelling (BIM) sessions have begun. BIM is a working system that has transformed the way architecture is designed, built, and managed.

The installation Un vuoto di luce, by Aires Mateus, presented in Milan in 2017, is a clear example of how architecture meets sculpture. Conceived as a spatial reflection in which both disciplines explicitly converge, the work moved away from the logic of a conventional exhibition object.

SOBRETAULA d’arquitectes is a new initiative promoted together with the Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Valencia that proposes opening architecture studios across the province as spaces for conversation, exchange, and shared reflection.

El diseño se construye desde la práctica, pero también desde el conocimiento teórico. Leer sobre diseño permite ampliar la mirada, entender el contexto cultural y profesional en el que se encuentra cada proyecto y tomar decisiones más conscientes en base a un bagaje teórico.

Students from the MArch programs visited the studio of Francesc Rifé, an experience that allowed them to gain an inside look at the working dynamics and design approach of this renowned interior design studio.

Architects Lucía Ferrater and Núria Ayala, partners at the studio OAB · Ferrater, delivered a lecture addressed to MArch students in which they shared a selection of representative projects from their professional trajectory.

In the postgraduate program MArch in Industrialized Architecture, Fran Silvestre delivered the class Integrated Executions within the Project, focused on understanding industrialization as a way of thinking about architecture from the perspective of execution.

At MArch, we welcomed the visit of the renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, in a session that brought students closer to the thinking and career of one of the leading figures in contemporary architecture.

Valencia has an increasingly solid network of shops and showrooms where space acts not only as a container, but also as an active part of the brand narrative.

The Mimesis Museum is one of those works that cannot be understood from a single point of view, nor on a first visit.

In the site management sessions led by Enrique Alario, students explored this field in depth, gaining insight into how a professional addresses the challenges that arise during the execution of a project.

Alberto Veiga’s lecture, co-founder of Barozzi Veiga, introduced students to the work of his internationally recognised studio, awarded the Mies van der Rohe Prize.

The trip was conceived as an experience designed to step outside the classroom and approach architecture through real practice, getting to know studios, listening to the people behind the projects, and understanding how decisions are made.

On January 22, the students visited the Miralles Foundation, an essential space for understanding the legacy and ongoing relevance of Enric Miralles’ work.