On 24-25 March 2022 INTBAU will organise the biennial World Congress "How We Build from Here".The Congress will take place in London and will also be broadcast virtually, so that it can be followed from anywhere in the world.It is a biennial forum for debates that...
News on Training
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...
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...
Breixo Arufe Salgado will be awarded the 2021 Donald Gray Apprenticeship
The training apprenticeship awarded in the 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards went to master blacksmith Santiago Martínez Otero, better known as Chago. This master craftsman has his workshop in Santiago de Compostela and throughout his career has worked on...
Master craftsperson of July
Ramón Recuero has been selected by INTBAU Spain as master craftsperson of the month for July 2021. After years of training and researching, Ramón Recuero masters a great number of techniques regarding traditional forging. In his workshop not only works for...
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...
2021 Donald Gray Apprenticeship with the Master Santiago Martínez Otero
Each year, among the four winners of the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Awards, the jury selects one of them in order to contribute to the continuity of their craft. This year's winner is master blacksmith Santiago Martínez Otero, who will receive financial support...

















