ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1042418/the-history-of-the-uia-world-congress-of-architecture-and-the-cities-that-shaped-it Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Moises Carrasco https://www.archdaily.com/1042418/the-history-of-the-uia-world-congress-of-architecture-and-the-cities-that-shaped-it Every three years, the International Union of Architects' (UIA) World Congress lands in a different city, under a different theme set years in advance. A quick mapping of these host cities reveals a deliberate pattern: throughout the decades, the UIA has purposefully chosen a wide range of venues across all continents, rendering each edition a snapshot of what mattered in that specific place, at that exact moment. The result of this geographic rotation has been a diverse kaleidoscope of conversations, analyzing the profession from countless angles and adapting it to changing times. But 2026 is different; this time the UIA is repeating a host city for the first time: Barcelona, under the theme "Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transition".

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