In the Esquilino district of Rome, where the urban fabric is steeped in history, Thermae emerges as a contemporary reinterpretation of a dwelling inspired by ancient Roman baths.

This week, students from the MArch programmes presented the outcomes of the Photoshooting workshop.

As part of the MArch postgraduate program in industrialized architecture, Enrique Alario delivered the session titled “From Traditional Construction to Industrialized Construction.”

The students presented the exercise developed during the Concept Development classes, a process in which they put into practice everything explored in the sessions with David Cirocchi and Sevak Asatrián.

Reading is a fundamental part of the education of any architect. Some books help us understand the discipline from within, while others broaden our perspective and connect architecture with emotions and storytelling.

Casa Gilardi is one of those works that, even before visiting it, already creates great expectations.

With the start of the M03_Construct module, Estefanía Soriano has shared with the students a very direct and approachable perspective on how an architectural project is developed.

The answer lies in everything that is happening across the sector. New construction and design methods have been gaining ground for years, but they have now reached a pivotal moment: they are no longer a futuristic alternative, but the immediate present of the profession.

In a city where skyscrapers compete for attention, the new tower by Foster + Partners for JPMorgan Chase achieves something difficult: it stands out without shouting.

If you love design and are visiting Barcelona, get ready—the city is a paradise of shops that are almost small works of architecture.

Few studios are reshaping visual culture with an identity as distinctive as Dvein.

If you’re planning a trip to New York and you’re interested in contemporary architecture, get ready—the city is a constantly evolving urban museum.

MArch students visited Casa Axis, which today functions as an immersive experiment, a habitable installation, a kind of temporal tunnel where geometry, movement and light intertwine.

Happy Holidays from the entire MArch team.

Concrete is often perceived as a dry, grey and somewhat “brutal” material, but in the right hands it becomes a remarkably expressive tool.

During the Christmas season, advertising spots become a window into creativity and visual innovation.

If you are considering a trip during the Christmas season, Switzerland can be a perfect destination, especially if you are interested in architecture.

Throughout history, many architects have extended their language and spatial thinking into product design, applying form, materiality and function to everyday objects.

This week, the Corporate Culture class taught by Maria Masià was delivered as part of the MBA MArch Advanced Master’s program in Architecture, Design, and Business Administration.

Students of the MArch postgraduate program in Industrialized Architecture have begun their Lean Construction classes.

The proposal puts forward an architecture that intertwines with the garden, maximising the perimeter of contact with the landscape and dissolving the boundaries between the built and the natural.

This week, the Photo Retouching session took place, organised by Víctor González, a member of FSA LAB at Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. These classes allowed students to delve into the refinement of images.

The studio of Souto de Moura, winner of the 2011 Pritzker Prize, has designed a residential complex overlooking the Aveiro estuary that stands out for its understated elegance and integration with the landscape.

Complementing an education in architecture or design with a specialised master’s degree has become a strategic decision for those who want to orient their career toward real professional practice.

Sunny Hills in Aoyama, designed by Kengo Kuma, is one of the most refined examples of contemporary Japanese architecture applied to a commercial building.

Frank Gehry, who passed away on December 5th, was one of the most influential architects of the past century and left a legacy defined by formal experimentation and the breaking of traditional conventions.

The transformation of Joyería Sant in Barcelona, led by Francesc Rifé and his team, seeks to translate the artisanal precision of jewelry into a spatial design that is coherent, elegant, and contemporary.

Architect Luisa Moura, from the Souto de Moura studio, visited MArch to give a lecture titled “Post-architect architecture: a return to Eduardo Souto de Moura’s first houses.”

The HALO project, developed by NOARQ (together with AM2 Arquitectos and Arenas & Asociados), has been awarded the 2025 Galician Architecture Award for its originality, urban ambition, and integration into the fabric of the city.

The designer and lecturer of the MArch programs, Ibán Ramón, has been honored with one of the most outstanding awards in European design: a gold prize at the Art Directors Club of Europe (ADC*E) for his "llibret".

The MArch students took an academic trip to Porto, where they were able to explore firsthand some of the most relevant buildings in the contemporary architectural landscape of the city and its surroundings.

The Serralves Foundation inaugurated on 27 November the exhibition “Beleza apesar de tudo”, a profound immersion into the conceptual and spatial universe of the collaborating studio Aires Mateus.

During the trip to Porto, students from the various MArch programs visit the Bouça housing complex, one of the most significant projects from Álvaro Siza’s early career and an emblematic example of social housing in Portugal.

António Choupina, Portuguese architect and founder of the studio CH.A (CHoupina.Arquitectos), recently visited the Espai Alfaro to give a lecture as part of the MArch programs.

In a context where efficiency, sustainability and innovation are shaping the future of construction, industrialized architecture has become one of the fields with the greatest professional potential.

Architect and PhD Pablo Saiz Sánchez, a specialist in industrialization processes and CEO of Woodea, taught a class in the MArch Postgraduate Program in Industrialized Architecture under the title The Industrialized House.

This week marks the start of the Thinking Through Making Workshop, where students explore the creation of models as a key tool in the architectural design process.

The Braga Municipal Stadium, designed by the Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, is one of the most emblematic works of contemporary architecture and one of the internationally best-known projects of the 2011 Pritzker Prize laureate.

Continuing with the module M02_Research, the session Creative Process took place, a class focused on understanding in a global way how an architecture project is born, developed, and structured.

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.