The proposed station is a major Spanish infrastructure and urban-design commission, combining a multimodal rail hub with large roof canopies and new public green space at a critical site beside the historic North Station.
Location
Valencia, Spain
Organizations
RSHP — Architect; ERRE — Architect and project lead credited by RSHP; Sener — Engineering consultant; Adif Alta Velocidad — Rail-infrastructure authority and commissioning body
Sa Casa pairs below-market rental housing with prefabricated mass timber, adaptable plans, water reuse and Mediterranean ecological infrastructure—an unusually substantive convergence of affordability, construction innovation and decarbonization.
Location
Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain
Organizations
Stefano Boeri Architetti — Architectural design; Entidad Estatal de Vivienda, Casa 47 — Client and public-housing entity; SOCOTEC Spain — Local architect and sustainability strategy
The opening completes a nine-year transformation of a closed banking headquarters into a major public museum and offers a strong Spanish adaptive-reuse case study about retaining civic memory while radically changing access and use.
Location
Historic Edificio Pereda, Paseo de Pereda, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Organizations
Fundación Banco Santander — Museum founder and cultural operator; Banco Santander — Project sponsor and former building occupant; David Chipperfield Architects — Architectural design and rehabilitation; Sir David Chipperfield — Architect credited with the rehabilitation; Faro Santander — Museum and cultural institution
The international furniture-design competition has an imminent September 16 submission deadline. Its special 25th-anniversary brief focuses on manufacturing futures and is open to students, professionals and independent creators.
The award recognizes a Spanish public-housing system rather than a single photogenic building, making it a strong editorial entry point into procurement reform, bioregional materials, public-sector design capacity and the relationship between architecture and housing policy.
Location
Balearic Islands, Spain
Organizations
OBEL — Awarding foundation; Balearic Housing Institute (IBAVI) — Public housing agency in which the model was developed; Cris Ballester — Co-creator; economist and former IBAVI managing director; Carles Oliver — Co-creator; architect and former head of IBAVI's technical department
The Pamplona biennial is a meaningful platform for emerging Latin American practices and directly serves priority regions including Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. The October submission deadline creates a timely service and talent-scouting opportunity.
Location
Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Organizations
Bienal de Arquitectura Latinoamericana — Biennial and call organizer; Asociación para la Reflexión Estratégica sobre la Arquitectura — Organizing association; University of Navarra School of Architecture — Institutional partner represented on the jury
The newly detailed programme turns the Spanish furniture fair into a broader design and specification platform, with full-scale hospitality concepts, material research, emerging designers, kitchens, construction technology, and the citywide València Design Fest.
Location
Feria Valencia, Avenida de las Ferias, Valencia, Spain
Organizations
Feria Hábitat València — Lead fair and programme organizer; Feria Valencia — Venue and institutional organizer; Fundació del Disseny de la Comunitat Valenciana — Organizer of València Design Fest; Joaquín Homs — Designer of Hotel Hábitat 2026; Francesc Rifé Studio — Designer of AMC Kitchen Lab; Matter — Materials exhibition curator and presenter
The open, juried commission will determine Spain’s national architectural statement at Venice and has a near-term submission deadline relevant to Spanish practices and curators.
Location
Spanish Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale, Venice, Italy; competition administered from Madrid, Spain
Organizations
Dirección General de Agenda Urbana y Arquitectura — Contracting authority and competition organizer; Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, Spain — Government commissioner
The award is directly relevant to practices in Spain, Brazil and Mexico and is unusual in judging built architecture substantially through film and lived experience. The September 14 nomination deadline creates an immediate service opportunity for eligible studios and filmmakers.
Location
International call covering Europe, Brazil, Mexico and Morocco; programme based in Barcelona, Spain
Organizations
Simon — Award founder and organizer; Fundació Mies van der Rohe — Curator; Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize — Official award platform
The September 18 submission deadline creates an immediate editorial-service opportunity. The competition asks architects to design sustainable temporary installations that will move through all three Basque capitals during the 2027 biennial.
Location
Donostia-San Sebastián, Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain
Organizations
Mugak/ International Architecture Biennial — Competition and biennial organizer; Basque Government Department of Housing and Urban Agenda — Public organizer
Spain is a priority market, and the festival aligns design culture with the commercial scale of Feria Hábitat València. Its program spans architecture, furniture, lighting, craft, film, exhibitions, workshops, and professional exchange, making it suitable for coordinated event coverage.
Location
Multiple venues across València, Spain
Organizations
Fundació del Disseny de la Comunitat Valenciana — Festival organizer; Feria Valencia — Strategic program partner; ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones — Strategic partner
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