INTBAU Spain, thanks to the creation of the Spanish Network of Traditional Building Masters, has been awarded the National Crafts Prize in the category "Promociona Prize for Private Entities" in its 14th Edition.The awards ceremony took place on Tuesday 21 December at...
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Call for papers for the third issue of the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism
The call for submission of articles for all sections of the third issue is open until March 14, 2022. Content proposals may be accepted for publication in the journal. In addition, if the organizing team deems it appropriate, the proposal submitter may be invited to...
Results of the Second International Conference on Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism: Timeless Architecture
The Conference took place at the School of Architecture of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and was also broadcast virtually on November 17 and 18. It featured, among many other speakers, Anna Heringer, Sebastian and Julia Treese (winners of the Driehaus Prize in...
Publication of the second issue of the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism
The second issue of the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism has been published. Through this link you can download the complete issue, or any of the articles separately. It includes both original academic articles, peer-reviewed and evaluated...
New call for the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards
The 2022 call for entries for the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards is now open. The deadline for entries is 12 January 2022. Traditional building works have been grouped into four categories for these awards, each with an annual prize of 10,000 euros and a...
Arquitectura Verata, La Comarca de La Vera
Arquitectura Verata is a project initiated this year in La Comarca deLa Vera with the intention of helping to preserve and disseminate the rich popular construction of the region. It is a project committed to the landscape, life, culture, history, architecture and...
Second International Conference on Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism: Timeless Architecture
The conference will take place at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and will also be streamed virtually on November 17th and 18th, 2021. Academic papers and works selected for presentation may also be published in...
Terrachidia, winner of the Philippe Rotthier Prize
The Philippe Rotthier Prize for "The Reconstruction and Enhancement of the Local Heritage" has been awarded to the Spanish association Terrachidia for its action in the renaissance of the M’Hamid Oasis in Zagora, southern Morocco. The jury praised the project for its...
Hands-on Building Arts Workshop
During the weekend of July 9-11, 2021, an intensive hands-on workshop on the different traditional building arts took place in Boceguillas, delivered by four of the master craftspeople who have been awarded in recent years with the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts...
The publication New Traditional Architecture MMXXI is now available
The publication New Traditional Architecture MMXXI, which compiles the results of the 2021 Building Arts Awards, and includes detailed information on the work of the award-winning master builders, is now available for consultation and download through this link.Thanks...

















