Architecture News: Spanish Biennial

SPANISH BIENNIAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM

Bodegas Clos Pachem – Harquitectes (Photo: Jesus Granada and Adrià Goula)

Albeida tourist complex – Salgado e Liñares Arquitectos (Photo: Roi Alonso and Héctor Santos Díez) A Gandareira football pitch – Abraham Castro Neira and Carlos Alberto Pita Abad (Photo: Juan Rodríguez)

El Camino Santiago – Carlos Seoane Un Buen Suceso – Manuel Bouzas Barcala

The winners of this year’s Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism will be announced on 2 July. Previously, the 15th edition of the “Bienal” (popularly known in the industry by its Spanish acronym BEAU) was due to be inaugurated in Barcelona on 28 June. One of this summer’s major cultural events in Spain, BEAU is being held at two venues in different parts of the country: the Pabellón de Barcelona from 28 June to 16 September and the Patio Herreriano de Valladolid from 2 July to 10 October. A third “venue” has been set up on a digital platform at www.labienal.es, offering updated news, agendas and parallel programming, as well as streaming of the various events associated with the Bienal. The finalists have already been named in four categories covering research, photography and final-year student projects, plus an overall panorama of architecture and urbanism trends the past three years. According to the judges, the entries reflected a strong commitment to innovation and sustainability, and “a high level of practical utility and relevance within the framework of the current social and cultural context”, while also highlighting architecture and urbanism’s social responsibility.