Víctor González and Javier Herrero, members of FSA LAB at the Fran Silvestre Arquitectos studio, led the photo retouching session focused on enhancing visual communication in architecture.

Barcelona has consolidated over the last century as one of the undisputed world capitals of architecture and urban design. The city has already become a global reference landmark in the early decades of the twentieth century, a landmark embodied masterfully in the German Pavilion of the 1929 International Exhibition, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich.

From November 10 to 13, Feria Valencia becomes the epicenter of sector innovation by hosting a new edition of FIMMA + Maderalia, focused in this edition on the future of wood and industrialized architecture.

The prototyping session of the postgraduate MArch in industrialized architecture, taught by Andrés Alfaro Hofmann, has offered an integral and technical vision on the contemporary experimentation and application of materials in architecture.

Advanced training in architecture and design requires transcending the physical limits of the classroom to confront academic theory with built reality and the dynamism of the global professional sector.

MArch postgraduate programs continue to consolidate their commitment to excellence in visual communication and architectural representation through the development of specialized content within the M01_Comunicar block. This educational area addresses architectural imagery from its technical genesis to its artistic execution, equipping students with a cross-cutting vision that is essential in the contemporary professional landscape.

Creating your own architecture studio involves much more than developing projects. It requires building a distinct identity, defining a viable business model, learning how to attract clients and acquiring the necessary competencies to manage and grow a company in an increasingly competitive sector. But where do you start and what knowledge is needed to turn an idea into a consolidated architecture studio?

Kon has been unveiled as the new and refined furniture collection designed by the prestigious designer, interior architect, and regular lecturer in MArch postgraduate programs, Francesc Rifé, for the brand Besform.

The study trip to Switzerland taken by students of the MBA MArch Advanced master’s program in architecture, design, and business administration served to combine contemporary architecture and the Alpine landscape over four days.

The Dallas Rolex Tower, designed by the prestigious Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in Texas’s Harwood District, represents a milestone of formal innovation, sustainability, and a radical dialogue with both the urban and natural landscapes.

Within the MArch postgraduate program in Industrialized Architecture, a training session dedicated to Toyotism has been conducted, focusing on a key industrial production paradigm that transformed mass manufacturing and process optimization.

Located in Vila Meã (Portugal), Das Lapas Restaurant—designed by Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos, lecturers in the MArch programs—is a rehabilitation and extension project that merges traditional stone with contemporary wooden structures.

Renowned architect Norman Foster has unveiled his first mechanical wristwatch, designed in collaboration with Asier Mateo’s firm, Lebond Watches, and the Innovation and Design Unit of the Norman Foster Foundation.

Students across the MArch programs have attended a session focused on building and managing digital and interactive communities within the contemporary architecture and design sector.

The MArch postgraduate program in industrialized architecture has kicked off under the guidance of Fran Silvestre, director of the program, who shared the principles of this innovative path with the students based on his experience as the creator of the systematized architecture brand NIU Houses.

The proposal SPOLIA, presented by FROBEL ESTUDIO SLP, has been selected as the winning project for the exhibition design of the Spanish Pavilion at the 20th Venice Architecture Biennale, which will be open to the public from May 8 to November 21, 2027.

Course 26 27 has started with the module M01_Communicate and particularly with the Graphic Composition session, taught by Sevak Asatrian, has brought visual design closer to the students from a practical and directly applied perspective to architectural work.

The 2026–2027 academic year at MArch Valencia Postgraduate School has kicked off with a lecture by one of the most prominent architects on the current scene, Emilio Tuñón—National Architecture Award winner and Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts—who shared three projects with the students across the different programs.

When traveling, architecture and design are not merely the container of the stay, but a fundamental part of the living experience, capable of transforming the journey into a spatial lesson.

The Tea House on Jeju Island, designed by Álvaro Siza alongside Carlos Castanheira, represents an exercise in architectural sensitivity that respectfully expands the previous residential ensemble of the Jeju House (designed by them in collaboration with Kim Jong Kyu).

Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, led by Fran Silvestre, Academic Director of the MArch programs, has completed a new residential project in Ibiza. The architectural proposal stands out for its integration into the natural environment and a precise geometry that responds to the specific topographical conditions of the site.

Renowned Portuguese architect and Pritzker Prize winner Eduardo Souto de Moura has formalized the definitive donation of his professional archive to the Casa da Arquitectura in Matosinhos, turning his valuable legacy into permanent institutional heritage.

The 2026–2027 academic year has officially begun at the MArch Valencia Postgraduate School, marking the start of a new academic year filled with design, architecture, and innovation.

Casa de la Arquitectura (ES_ARQ) has established its Advisory Board, marking a new phase to strengthen its position as an international cultural and educational reference. Key members include Pritzker Prize laureates David Chipperfield and Rafael Moneo, and National Architecture Award winner Emilio Tuñón. This initiative underscores a renewed commitment to architectural excellence.

The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum enters a new era with the inauguration of Agravitas, the ambitious expansion designed by British architect Norman Foster alongside Luis María Uriarte.

The admissions process for the 2026–2027 academic year at MArch Valencia has entered its final stage with the opening of the booking period for the last available places. High international demand and the commitment to maintaining small groups of a maximum of 25 students per class impose a strict enrollment limit, designed to prioritize personalized learning in a high-performance environment.

The city of Porto and its surroundings constitute a living laboratory of contemporary architecture, where Portuguese building tradition dialogues in perfect harmony with the international avant-garde. Here are our must-sees.

The extension of the Beyeler Foundation in Riehen represents a remarkable intervention where contemporary architecture dialogues in perfect harmony with the natural landscape and international art.

On Thursday, October 8, Casa de la Arquitectura opens its doors to inaugurate three new exhibitions, marking the start of its fall 2026 program.

Architecture is not only learned in classrooms or through floor plans; it is understood and experienced by walking through it in person. On the trips integrated into the MArch programs, visits to world-renowned museums are a fundamental component of the learning experience—both for the valuable collections they house and for their buildings, which serve as masterclasses in design, tectonics, and spatial quality.

This landscape intervention of 2006 is named after a poem by one of the most renowned authors of Spanish lyric poetry: Vuelta de paseo, by Federico García Lorca.

At Espai Alfaro, the closing ceremony of MArch for the 2026-2027 academic year was held in an environment featuring Andreu Alfaro's sculpture forest. José Manuel Ferrero, CEO of Estudi{H}ac and a regular speaker, participated as godfather for the class. The event highlighted academic commitment and professional development. The celebration marked the end of a year of learning and transformation.

Documentaries on architecture constitute a fundamental didactic tool, as they allow us to understand the creative process, the human dimension and the historical context that shape the built space. Through audiovisual narrative, these productions bring us closer to the ideas of great masters and the invisible stories behind each work.

Valencia has established itself as an undisputed benchmark for Mediterranean design and architecture, where contemporary avant-garde dialogs in perfect harmony with tradition and materiality. This selection brings together some of the city's most inspiring spaces to live, savor, discover, and explore through a refined aesthetic lens.

Between January and June of this 2026, it received 6,083,684 international tourists, crossing for the first time the barrier of six million in a first semester. And the city has recently been named the most exciting destination in Europe for 2026.

Understanding the work of Francesc Rifé means understanding that design can be expressed through order and a serene geometry. A lecturer at MArch and an essential figure in contemporary interior design, Rifé bases his philosophy on the honesty of materials and the search for the essential. Below, we highlight five of his most recent projects.

The Swiss city of Lausanne has established itself as an international benchmark for contemporary architecture by hosting buildings designed by several of the world’s leading firms, which students of the MArch Advanced program visit during their trip to Switzerland. These are the essential highlights:

How to create a building that can become the physical and tangible representation of the great exclusive brands.

The international showcase of the Spanish habitat industry returns to the city of Valencia from September 28 to October 1, 2026.

Designed by the Portuguese practice Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos, the Czech Tile is a modular ceramic piece that reinvents Portuguese tradition through an interplay of opposing reliefs, geometric volumes, and chiaroscuro.