Awards

The Mostra d’Arquitectura Catalana architectural exhibitions programme is an initiative of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia that utilises the invaluable legacy of the biennials and triennials organised by the Association’s different branches, seeking to promote and disseminate the work of architects throughout Catalonia.

The Mostra is closer to an exhibition than a competition, with the focus being placed on acknowledging the good work done by architects rather than commending a single work above the rest. Above all, the programme aims to provide a vehicle for the dissemination of architectural achievements, while also showing different ways of exercising the profession that go beyond the classic approaches. In this way, it sets out to showcase the versatility provided by architectural training, the versatility of a profession full of diverse professional profiles.

The Mostra d’Arquitectura Catalana has its own website that features the projects submitted in the different calls.

The Girona branch organises the annual Architectural Awards of the Counties of Girona, which aim to highlight the value of the architecture produced in this area and to showcase the excellence and collective efforts of architecture and construction professionals.

The Awards have their own website with details of over six hundred architecture, refurbishment, ephemeral architecture, interior design and exterior design projects undertaken over the past 25 years.

The European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention, organised by the Architects’ Association of Catalonia and the AADIPA, aims to acknowledge and help disseminate good heritage practices. It was created based on the conviction that heritage, as a vehicle for social integration and an economic resource that stimulates societies, deserves to be reappraised and encouraged.

In the current context, where architectural heritage, in addition to being a fundamental instrument of knowledge, is considered a socio-economic resource of the first order for the sustainable development of regions, it is essential to acknowledge and showcase high-quality works and projects that help to preserve our collective memory.

It has a constantly updated open digital archive that aims to give visibility to all the works submitted for the Award, as well as other projects, selected by a scientific committee of experts, that meet criteria of good practice in the field of heritage.

The Barcelona International Biennial of Landscape Architecture is an initiative of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech. Each edition includes a symposium focusing on a specific theme, in which there is room for all kinds of theoretical and practical reflections to promote inter-professional debate.

The Rosa Barba International Landscape Award is announced within the framework of the Biennial. The call for this Award, organised in collaboration with the Banc Sabadell Foundation, is open to landscape projects from around the world, both those that have been built and those that have received planning approval. The winners and finalists present their projects during the Biennial symposium.

One of the events included in the Barcelona International Biennial of Landscape Architecture is the call for projects for the International Landscape Schools Award, which is held in collaboration with the Banc Sabadell Foundation.

The five best projects from each landscape school are eligible to be submitted. The winners and finalists present their projects during the Biennial symposium.