European Conference on Architecture and the Media 2025
Architecture & the Media 2023. Photo by Anna Mas
Fundació Mies van der Rohe, EUmies Awards, jointly with Labóh invite you to the fourth edition of Architecture & the Media on 26 and 27 May at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, within the framework of the Barcelona Setmanes Arquitectura and the EUmies Awards Talks.
How is architecture communicated beyond traditional media? What role do events, festivals and awards play in constructing narratives about the built environment? Now that Barcelona is preparing to be the World Capital of Architecture 2026, we need to explore communication territories that help generate content about and around architecture, beyond traditional media.
Architecture and the Media is a meeting between journalists, communication professionals and architects with a programme that will introduce us to the role that events, festivals and awards play in disseminating news related to architecture.
MONDAY: May 26, 2025
19:00 | Opening conversation: Architecture in the newspaper spotlight
→ Luis Alemany (El Mundo), Clara Blanchar (El País) and Elena Olarte (SUMA arquitectura).
TUESDAY: May 27, 2025
10:00 | Workshop: Architecture of the Invisible
→ Nicolas Guichard and Béatrice Lartigue, authors of the artistic intervention ‘Ombres Blanches’ which will transform the Pavilion starting one day before Architecture and the Media begins.
15:30 | Roundtable: Architecture of the Invisible
→ Nicolas Guichard, Béatrice Lartigue, Jacopo Biffi (Alte Sfere) and Lara Monacelli Bani (Atelier Remoto).
15:30 | Roundtable: Architecture events as content creators
→ Amy Frearson (Dezeen), Giulia Ricci (About:) and Laura Sangrà Herrero (betevé)
17:15 | Roundtable: Awards as a medium of communication
Albert Nogueras Tarrero (Núvol), Nick Axel (e-Flux, Inc. architecture) and Pilar Marcos Arango (Diseño Interior).
19:00 | Closing conversation: Getting ready for 2026 - UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture and World Congress of Architects in 2026
→ Regnier Isabelle (Le Monde), Graham Keeley (Euronews), Anna Ramos (Barcelona 2026 UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture) and Guim Costa Calsamiglia (UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona).
The conferences and roundtables will be moderated by Ivan Blasi, Director of the EUmies Awards and Miriam Giordano, Director of Labóh and Architecture & the Media curator.
Check the full programme and reserve your spot at architectureandthemedia.com
Organised by Fundació Mies van der Rohe and Labóh, with the support of Creative Europe within the framework of EUmies Awards programme and Setmanes d’Arquitectura. Curated by Miriam Giordano, the event is conceived as a place to meet and exchange experiences on the dissemination of architecture through the media. With the collaboration of LINA European Architecture Platform, USM Modular Furniture and Nihao Films.
