The new monograph of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, published by TC Cuadernos, has been released. This volume brings together an extensive overview of the studio’s residential work. It is a double issue (173–174), focusing on housing as a field of architectural research, under the subtitle The sublimation of the everyday.

The architect and CGI artist Alba de la Fuente has returned to the MArch Valencia Postgraduate School to deliver a new session focused on the relationship between image, architecture, and creativity. Her visit has allowed students to engage with a professional practice that positions architectural visualization within a hybrid territory between technique, research, and artistic expression.

Travel can become a way of experiencing architecture firsthand. Around the world, there are iconic homes that, beyond representing milestones in modern history, transform any place into a must-visit destination for those seeking something beyond a conventional trip.

The architect Jae Lee, a member of the 2017–2018 MArch Valencia cohort, has been awarded first prize in an international competition in Daegu (South Korea) for the design of the Dasa Complex Community Center. The project has been developed in collaboration with the Aires Mateus studio, consolidating a trajectory that connects academic training with professional practice within an international context.

El arquitecto Manuel Portaceli ha sido incorporado al cuadro de honor del Piranesi Prix de Rome, un reconocimiento internacional que distingue trayectorias vinculadas a la arquitectura y al pensamiento sobre el patrimonio. Este galardón, otorgado en Roma, pone en valor una carrera caracterizada por el rigor, la coherencia y una constante reflexión sobre la disciplina, situando su trabajo en un contexto de relevancia internacional.

On March 28, MoN Takanawa (Museum of Narratives) opened in Tokyo, a project designed by Kengo Kuma that proposes a new way of understanding exhibition space.

Architect Emilio Tuñón has been appointed as a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, a recognition that highlights a well-established trajectory within contemporary Spanish architecture. His incorporation into the institution not only acknowledges the quality of his built work, but also his contribution to architectural thought and to the education of new generations.

The renovation of the Central Pavilion in the Giardini of the Biennale has been inaugurated, representing the main intervention within its strategy for heritage renewal and the modernization of cultural infrastructures. This building, the historic core of the international art and architecture exhibition, thus regains its prominence after a comprehensive restoration process that seeks to balance the preservation of its architectural identity with the contemporary demands of art and sustainability.

MArch School is entering the final stage of admissions for its academic programmes, with a limited number of places remaining. Master’s degrees and postgraduate programmes in architecture and design, offered in on-site, hybrid and online formats, are approaching the final weeks of enrolment for the upcoming academic year.

Espai Alfaro hosted this week a new edition of MArch International, one of the most representative events of the spirit of the MArch postgraduate school. As every year, the event brought together students from different nationalities in a shared experience where architecture becomes the starting point for a broader cultural exchange.

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.