The winners of the XVII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism are made public

dataAE is a multidisciplinary architecture studio, founded in 2000 by Claudi Aguiló, architect, and Albert Domingo engineer. They have won several competitions in architecture and landscape. Awards received include: the FAD public opinion Prize in 2007, finalists of Catalonia Construction Prize 2008, 1st Prize in the single-family home category in the Baix Llobregat Triennial 2008, Selection Landscape Biennal Rosa Barba 2008, JAE selection (Young Spanish Architects) 2008, selected for Spanish Architecture Biennale 2009, Finalist FAD awards 2009, Selection Landscape Biennale Rosa Barba 2009, 1st Prize ‘Saie Award 2011 the best concrete building’ (Bologna, Italy), Selection ‘Green Building Challenge 2011’, Selection Landscape Biennale Rosa Barba 2012, 1st Prize Nan Awards 2012, best residential work, 1st Prize AJAC Awards for a built project in 2012 to young architects, 1st Prize AJAC Awards for a none built project 2012 to young architects. Their work has been selected in the recent exhibition Sensitive Matter 2010 in Lisbon, La Coruña, and Berlin.

Claudi Aguiló born in 1972, architect for ETSAV in 2001, from 2002 to 2006 had a FI Research Grant at the University of Architecture in Vallés, ETSAV, in the Department of Architectural Technology, where he continues to teach. He has also taught nationally and internationally at various universities, such as ETSAB (Barcelona), LaSalle (Barcelona), University of Illinois at Chicago, and ERASMUS Intensive Program Workshops in Norway, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, and Poland. He was a visiting professor at the Rural Studio at Auburn University School of Architecture in Alabama and is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Institute of Architecture BIArch 2010 in Barcelona. He has collaborated on writing technology articles in Quaderns magazine between 2006-2010.

Albert Domingo, 1999, Engineer Graduated from ETSEIB. UPC. 2007 Master's Ph.D. in Building Project Management. He has worked in local architectural and engineering offices developing different works in the field of technical support, structural analysis, cost managements and building management.

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Óscar Miguel Ares. Valladolid, 1972. Archtiect from School of Architecture of Valladolid, in 1998. In 2010, he obtained the title of Doctor from the University of Valladolid - for the thesis "GATEPAC 1928-1939" - being his tutor Mr. Juan Antonio Cortés. Since 2013 he is professor of design at the ETS de Arquitectura de Valladolid. He has collaborated, as visiting professor, at ETSA La Salle (Ramón Lluch University, Barcelona), at San Pablo CEU University (Valladolid) and at the School of Design at Al Ghurari University (Dubai, UAE).
 
His texts and works on architectural criticism have been published in different publications as well as by the composition and projects departments of the ETSA Madrid, UPC in Barcelona –with whom he has assiduously collaborated as editor in the publication DC Papers-, ETSA in Seville and ETSA Cartagena. He has given conferences and lectures in Helsinki, Mexico City, Porto, Pamplona, ​​Barcelona, ​​Madrid or Seville. Author of the book: "Alternative Modernity. Transits of form in Spanish architecture (1930-1936)" University of Valladolid (2016).
 
Since March 2012 he has been carrying out his professional work alone, together with the architect Bárbara Arranz, under the Contextos de Arquitectura y Urbanismo brand. As an architect he has won various competitions, his work being awarded at the XIV Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism 2018; work exhibited in the Spanish Pavilion of the XII Biennale di Venezia (May 2021); selected in XI Biennial of Ibero-American Architecture of Architecture and Urbanism Paraguay (October 2019); finalist in the 2018 FAD Awards; finalist in the 2017 Spanish Architecture Awards; selected Enor Awards (2020), Awarded with the American Architecture Prize (New York, 2017, Bilbao 2019); Awarded with the International Architecture Awards 2018 granted by The Chicago Athenaeum / Europeen (Athens, 2018); Awarded with The Plan Award, (Venice 2018, Milan 2019); more than a dozen awards and mentions at the Castilla y León Architecture Awards (2009, 2011, 2016, 2018 and 2020), as well as awarded at the Castilla y León Sustainable Construction Awards (2017 and 2018). His works have been published in numerous national and international magazines, including METALOCUS, Domus, Arquitectura Viva, Tectónica, Hic Arquitectura or Baumeister, On Diseño and he has exhibited in Madrid, Seville, Venice, Paris and New York.

Director, together with Anna and Eugeni Bach, of the XV Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, "Empty Spain / Full Spain; conciliation strategies", forming part of the different juries of the awarded categories.

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Jordi Badia (Barcelona, 1961) graduated in architecture from the ETSAB (Barcelona School of Architecture) in 1989. Between 1989 and 1993 he practiced a professional partnership with Tonet Sunyer. In 1994, he founded the BAAS architecture study, Jordi Badia combined his professional task as an architect with that of a professor at the Department of Architectural Projects at ETSAB since 2001 and at ESARQ-UIC since 2009. He also collaborated with the newspaper ARA since 2010 and has been editor of the Hic Architecture since 2009. He curated the Catalan and Balearic Pavilion, along with Felix Arranz,  at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale 2012.

The practice is currently working on various projects, including the town hall in Montroig del Camp, the headquarters of the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and the new premises of the MUHBA (Museum of History of Barcelona) in Poblenou district, Barcelona. The office is also working on the citizens building in Palamós, the extensive rehabilitation of the Alta Diagonal office building in Barcelona and the Radio and TV University in Katowice, Poland.

Espinet/Ubach arquitectes was founded in Barcelona in 1976 and is led by Miquel Espinet and Antoni Ubach. Their work is based on social commitment, cultural, technological innovation, respect for the environment and functionality.

Espinet/Ubach has a long history in the design of public buildings and educational and cultural facilities.

Miquel Espinet i Mestre (1948, Lleida) is an architect from the School of Architecture of Barcelona. He is a Senior Lecturer in Projects III, The EINA School of Design, affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He was President of the Awards Jury for the City to City Barcelona FAD Award 2010. He was Director of the EINA School of Design (Autonomous University of Barcelona) from 1984 to 1996. He has been a Visiting Professor of Architecture Project at several architecture schools in Europe and America.

Antoni Ubach i Nuet (1944, Barcelona) is an architect from the School of Architecture of Barcelona, Doctor in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Professor of Architecture Projects at the Barcelona School of Architecture. Head Speaker at the VIII Congress of Architecture of Panama. Member of the Coordination Board of the UIA Congress in Barcelona. Founder and Vice President of the Caixa d’Arquitectes (savings bank) until 2001.

MADhel is an architecture studio based in Madrid, directed by Daniel Bergman (1978) and Miguel Herraiz (1978), founding partners of the UNTERCIO studio (2006-2015). Studio explores from the building to the city and from the city to the building, and will explore new challenges and technologies, such as sustainability and BIM. An urban architecture linked to the city, with a special interest in housing and a close-scale urbanism that cares about and prepares the insertion of buildings.

Daniel Bergman (1978, Siboo, Finland) is an architect from ETSAM (2005), with an outstanding qualification and an Extraordinary End of Degree Award. Master's Degree in Urbanism and Territory Planning in 2013 at the same university. Interested in collective housing, residential satisfaction evaluation methods, and housing quality, he understands design as a circular process of feedback and dialogue. He is also interested in the city and the interaction of mobility, space syntax and GIS systems. Between 2003 and 2007, he worked at Javier Sáenz Guerra's studio in Madrid, with whom he participated in countless competitions, winning prizes in some (homes for EMVS, for example), and later at Auer and Sandâs in Finland, where he learned about standardization processes in information management to free up creative time.

Miguel Herraiz (1978, Madrid, Spain) is an architect from ETSAM (2005) and has a Master's in Analysis, Theory and History of Architecture from the same university. He specialist in collective housing. Experience acquired in the development of social housing projects for the EMVS for 10 years and 2 years for the PMH of Barcelona as a partner of the UNTERCIO studio. He has combined professional work with academic work as a researcher at the ETSAM European Contemporary Collective Housing Research Group since 2012. He Design and curator of exhibitions with Nexatenaus. Criticism and consultancy in architecture and contemporary design.

Carles Enrich (Barcelona, 1980) graduated at the ETSAB in Barcelona in 2005. From the beginning of his career he has combined his professional work with research, and obtained a Master degree in Theory and Practice of Architectural Projects from the UPC where he is currently a PhD Candidate. His thesis deals with the temporary occupations in the public space in Barcelona.

Associate lecturer in Projects at the ETSAB since 2016. From 2008 to 2017, he taught Projects and Urban Design at the Reus School of Architecture and, in 2015, Projects at the ETSAV. He was also visiting professor in the Extra-Local workshop organised by Columbia GSAPP in 2019, has collaborated on international master’s degrees such as the BIARCH in 2012 and the master’s degree in Restoration at the UPC in 2014, and directed the Vertical Workshop at the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture in 2018.

Carles Enrich’s aim of producing practice-based knowledge led him in 2013 to set up Carles Enrich Studio, where he develops projects that cover the entire habitable territory, from the domestic sphere to landscape. The quality and rigour of the practice’s built work are endorsed by consecutive nominations for the European Union Mies Award (2017, 2019) and the Lisbon Triennale Début Award 2016; the Spanish Architecture and Urban Design Biennale Awards in 2016 and 2018, the FAD Opinion Prize in 2016, and the AJAC Awards in 2012, 2016 and 2018. They were also recognised in the studio’s participation in the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012, with the exhibition Context in “Architectural Rowers” in the Catalan Pavilion and, in 2016, as part of the exhibition Unfinished, which earned the Spanish Pavilion the Biennale’s Golden Lion.

Camps Felip Arquitecturia. Josep Camps and Olga Felip founded Arquitecturia in 2007, an architectural, landscape and design studio based in Barcelona. Their work includes the Cathedral Apse Square, the recovery of the old Ferreries market in a Cultural Center, the Museum of Energy in Ascó and Four Rivers Masterplan of Girona which aims to improve the relationship between the urban grid and the natural systems.

Arquitecturia’s work has been awarded, published and exhibited both nationally and Internationally: Barcelona, Madrid, Venice, London, Tokyo and Buenos Aires among others. Also they have lectured at the Royal Institute of British Architects_RIBA, among other institutions.

Olga Felip. studied architecture at the Superior School of Architecture of Barcelona (05). Beside her professional career she obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies and in 2019 she lectured her PHD Thesis in Theory and History of Architecture _Cum Laude. Olga has taught at the Architectural Association of London and she has lectured at RIBA and BIArch. She is currently professor at ETSAB Barcelona.

Olga has been recognised Emerging Woman in Architecture by Architectural Journal, MAS Award in the Cultural Cathegory (Women to be followed) and Arts and Letters Award by the FPdGi (Spanish Royal foundation).

In parallel to her leading role at Camps Felip Arquitecturia, her research & teaching tasks, Olga Felip has been member of the Board of Directors of the College of Architects in Girona, being in charge of the Cultural Department. Also, Olga has been member of the Expert Committee of the Catalan Department of Land that advises on the reform of land and urban planning policies.

Josep Camps. (1975) studied architecture at the Superior School of Architecture of Barcelona (00) | Worked for Atelier AO2 of Paris (1998) and Javier Sanjosé Office (2000-2003). He has received scholarship for taking part into different exchange programs and workshops including the Intercampus Scholarship at the Universidade Caixa du Sul and the program for ‘kashbes rehabilitation’ at Marocco by the UNESCO | Camps has been professor at the Superior School of Architecture of Barcelona –UPC where he taught Studio Project V-VI and since 2005 he is profesor at the University of Girona where he is the director of Studio Project I-II together with Josep Fuses and Elisabet Capdeferro.

He has been visiting professor at the Master of Cultural Heritage Managment of the University of Girona and member of the Final. Review Jury at the School of Architecture of Alicante. Besides his teaching work he develops her thesis project. ‘Intertwining Architecture’ for the research area of Theory and Practice of Architectural Design –UPC Barcelona-. Cofounder of curatorial and design group MA!O and co-founder of the architectural studio ARQUITECTURIA.

Founded in 2006 in Palma de Mallorca, TEd’A arquitectes focuses on proximity architecture, attentive to context, local materials, and traditional building techniques. Among their notable projects are the School in Son Ferriol (2010), the Nursery and Primary School in Sa Ràpita (2014), the House in Bunyola (2014), the House in Montuïri (2016), and the House in Artà (2018).

The practice has received several awards, including the FAD Architecture Award (2018) for the House in Artà, the FAD Opinion Award (2018), the Arquitectura Plus Award (2018), and the XIII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (2016). They were finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award (2019) and participants in the Venice Architecture Biennale (2016). Their work has been featured in El Croquis, Arquitectura Viva, Detail, and A+U.

Harquitectes is an architecture studio founded in Sabadell in 2000 by David Lorente Ibáñez (n. Granollers, Barcelona, 7 de junio de 1972), architect from ETSAV-UPC, 2000, Xavier Ros Majó (n. Sabadell, Barcelona, 1972), architect from ETSAV-UPC, 1998, Josep Ricart Ulldemolins (n. Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, 1973), architect from ETSAV-UPC, 1999 and Roger Tudó Galí (n. Terrassa, Barcelona, 1973), architect from ETSAV-UPC, 1999. 

They combine professional practice and university teaching in national schools. Their work has been exhibited in many expositions and lectures both in Spain and abroad. Harquitectes functions as a horizontal collective, where the project is understood as a process of applied research, closely linked to teaching and critical thinking about contemporary architecture.

Awards.-

2025.- Re-FAD Award 2025.
2025.- Casa de la Arquitectura Award (Cohesion category.
2024.- Bonaplata Award, 2024.
2018.- Premio ‘Detail Prize 2018’
2018.- Premio ‘XII Premios NAN’
2018.- Premiado en la ‘XIV BEAU’ Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo.
2018.- ‘Premio Ciudad de Barcelona 2017’
2018.- Premio ex aequo de ‘Arquitectura de Ladrillo Hispalyt XIV’
2017.- Premio ‘Mapei a la edificación sostenible’
2017.- Premio ‘BB Construmat 2017’
2017.- Premio AD 2017 Architects of the year
2016.- Premio ‘Mostra Arquitectura Vallès’
2016.- Premio ‘Wienerberger Brick Award 2016’.
2016.- Premiado en la ‘X BIAU’ Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura y Urbanismo.
2016.- Premiado en la ‘XIII BEAU’ Biennal Espanyola d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme.
2016.- Premio de Arquitectura de Ladrillo Hispalyt XIII Edició.
2016.- Premio ‘Catalunya Construcció’ 2016.
2015.- 1r ‘Premio Ugo Rivolta’ 2015.
2015.- Premio FAD de la opinión 2015.
2015.- Premio ‘Catalunya Construcció’ 2015.
2014.- Premio ‘Archmarathon’ 2014.
2014.- Premio de Arquitectura de Cerámica ‘Fritz Höger Preis’ categoría de vivienda Winner Gold
2013.- 1er ‘Premio A+’ al Mejor Proyecto de Arquitectura Sostenible.
2013.- ‘Premio A+ Extraordinario al Estudio Joven más Prometedor’
2012.-  Sacyr Innovación Award for ICTA-ICP Building 1102.
2012.- AJAC 2012 Award for university dwellings in Sant Cugat dle Vallès.
2012.- Hise 2012 excelencia a la innovación Award, for 712 house.
2012.- FAD 2012 Award, 712 house.
2011.- ENOR Arquitectura Joven Award for 704 Gimnasium.

Between 1991 and 1994, he furthered his education with a Master's degree in Architecture from Columbia University, New York, and postgraduate studies at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design in Porto, Portugal. During these years, he gained professional experience working with leading figures in architecture, such as Álvaro Siza in Porto (1994-1997), Vinoly Architects in New York (1992-1993) and ETC, Engineers and Planners in New Jersey (1991-1992). He also collaborated as a local associate on projects in Galicia for internationally renowned architects, including David Chipperfield, Peter Eisenman, and Álvaro Siza himself.

In 1997, he founded CSA arquitectura, his own studio, and a year later began working as an assistant professor in the Construction Department of the School of Architecture in A Coruña. In 2009, he reinforced his commitment to promoting Galician architecture internationally by founding the CA Institute, an educational institution dedicated to fostering Galician architecture. He also serves as director of the Compostela Architecture Foundation, where he promotes architectural research and outreach initiatives.

Seoane has also been a prominent author of publications on contemporary architecture, contributing to books such as Metro do Porto, Souto de Moura (2018), Siza x Siza (2015), Compostelas Contemporáneas (2013), and Fundación Iberê Camargo (2011), among others. His work has been recognized with numerous awards in the fields of architecture, painting, photography, and design, solidifying his position as a key figure in contemporary Spanish architecture.

peris+toral.arquitectes. Founded in 2005 by Marta Peris (Palma de Mallorca, 1972) and Jose Manuel Toral (Madrid, 11 November 1978), both graduates from ETSAB (Barcelona School of Architecture), peris+toral.arquitectes is an architecture studio based in Barcelona that combines its professional practice with academic work. They are currently working on various projects and ongoing works, encompassing both housing and public spaces. The studio pays particular attention to researching new ways of living associated with new construction methods. Their approach focuses on addressing the challenges of the climate and housing emergency.

Marta Peris holds a PhD in architecture and is a lecturer at the ETSAB. He presented his doctoral thesis in 2016, titled "The Japanese House Through the Cinema of Yasujiro Ozu," published as "Ozu's House" in 2019. José Toral is an associate professor in the Department of Architectural Projects at the ETSAB UPC (Barcelona School of Architecture, UPC). They have taught at the IED (Institute of Design and Engineering) and, since 2024, have been visiting professors at EPFL (School of Architecture, Lausanne).

Their work has been published in books and specialized journals, both nationally and internationally, and exhibited at the UIA Tokyo 2011, in Paris 2009, and at the Venice Biennale 2016. In the theoretical field, the studio has published articles in books and journals, including Arquitectura COAM, Ed. Fundamentos and DC Papers. Their work has been recognized with various awards, such as the AJAC Joves Arquitectes Award 2011, and they were finalists for the FAD Award 2009 and the Saloni d’Arquitectura Award.

His work has also been recognized with the 2024 RIBA International Prize and the 2022 CSCAE Spanish Architecture Prize, and he was a finalist for the 2022 EU Mies Award. His works have been exhibited at the Cité de l’Architecture in Paris in 2022, the Best Architecture Exhibition Spain–Korea Seoul in 2021, the Spanish Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale, and the UIA Tokyo in 2011, among others. Both his work and his writings have been widely published in national and international magazines and media.

2024  Winner RIBA International Prize
2024  Winner RIBA International Awards for Excellence
2024  Winner Global Galvanizing Award 
2024  Winner Construmat Awards Sustainability 
2023  Premio Especial Asturiana de Zinc - Premios ATEG 
2023  Premio Fassa Bartolo Prize for Sustainable Architecture
2023  Obra destacada Mostra arquitectura de Barcelona
2022  Finalista Premio MIES VAN DER ROHE Award
2022  Premio ARQUITECTURA ESPAÑOLA CSCAE
2022  Winner Grand Prix du Design Platinium Winner
2022  Winner EDUWIK Architecture Excellence Awards
2022  Winner Gold Award BEST ARCHITECTS - Gold Award
2022  Winner Best Multi-family Housing Future House Awards
2022  Winner Wood Design & Building Award
2021  Winner. Premio Europeo di Architettura MATILDE BAFFA UGO RIVOLTA 2021. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  Gold Award. BEST ARCHITECTS 22. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  First Prize. Premios MAPEI a la Arquitectura Sostenible 2021. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  Winner Jury's TOP PICK. BLT Built Design Awards - Social Housing. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  Winner. THE PLAN AWARD 2021 - Social Housing. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  Winner Best of best. ARCHITECTURE MASTERPRIZE AMP 2021 - Residential Multi Unit. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  Winner ex-aequo. Premio CATALUNYA CONSTRUCCIÓ 2021 - Innovació a la construcció. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  Winner. Premio A+ by DAIKIN  - Vivienda plurifamiliar. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  Winner. XV Premios NAN Arquitectura y construcción 2021 - Residencial. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  Winner. Premio de opinión, PREMIO FAD DE ARQUITECTURA. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021  Awarded. Arquitectura y Urbanismo, BEAU XV. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà