UIA 2026 Barcelona Announces Full Program, Detailing Formats, Exhibitions, and City-Wide Itineraries

UIA 2026 Barcelona Announces Full Program, Detailing Formats, Exhibitions, and City-Wide Itineraries
City of Barcelona. Image © Lamberto Ramon Torres, Courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona City of Barcelona. Image © Lamberto Ramon Torres, Courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona

The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona has released its full program, outlining the structure, participants, and range of activities scheduled to take place from June 28 to July 2, 2026. Expanding on the previously introduced theme, Becoming. Architectures for a Planet in Transition, the Congress is conceived as a distributed event across multiple venues and urban contexts rather than a single-site conference. Organized by the International Union of Architects (UIA) in collaboration with the Higher Council of the Colleges of Architects of Spain (CSCAE) and the Architects' Association of Catalonia (COAC), the event is expected to gather approximately 10,000 participants and 250 speakers from more than 130 countries.

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