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Barcelona brings together 10,000 architects from around the world to address the housing crisis, the climate emergency and urban challenges

26th Jun 2026

Programme Launch

27th Apr 2026

Speakers programme preview

19th Mar 2026

UIA 2026 Barcelona presents its first speakers and opens registration for a Congress that will imagine new futures for architecture

18th Dec 2025

Launch of the International Emerging Workshop ‘A Wicked Laboratory’

17th Nov 2025

Presentation of the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona in Venice

08th May 2025

The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona is officially launched: venues revealed, first confirmations announced and the international call launched

14th Apr 2025

CSCAE presents the progress of the Barcelona World Congress in 2026 at the UIA General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur

18th Nov 2024

UIA World Congress of Architects Barcelona 2026 will analyse the capacity of architecture to transform reality over time

17th Jan 2024

‘Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transition’, is the proposal chosen to curate the UIA World Congress of Architects, Barcelona 2026

21st Dec 2023

Barcelona takes over the baton from Copenhagen for the UIA World Congress of Architects – Barcelona 2026

06th Jul 2023

La Casa de la Arquitectura hosts a meeting with the curators of the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona

26th Jan 2023

Participation success in the competition to elect the curatorship for the UIA World Congress of Architects Barcelona 2026

13th Sep 2021

Barcelona will host the UIA Congress and will be World Capital of Architecture in 2026

28th Jul 2021

Unanimous support for Barcelona’s candidature as the venue for the UIA Congress and World Capital of Architecture in 2026

28th Jun 2021