The city will once again open its doors to architecture on 4 and 5 July 2026, with the 11th edition of Open House Porto. We invite everyone interested to join us this weekend, when architecture will once again be on display in the cities of Maia, Matosinhos, Porto, and Vila Nova de Gaia.

CICA 2026 – International Conference on Architectural Criticism will bring together researchers and critics at Casa da Arquitectura – Portuguese Centre for Architecture to discuss the theme “Architectural Criticism: Resistance and Commitment”, in a hybrid format scheduled for 10–11 and 17–18 October 2026. The initiative, promoted by the CICA International Committee of Architectural Critics, has already opened the call for abstracts, inviting the presentation of case studies visited by the authors that reflect the role of criticism as a space of resistance in the contemporary context.

The proposal “Cuidar a Vida”, curated by architects Nuno Sampaio, Carlos Quintáns Eiras, Fernando Serapião, Luciana Saboia, Matheus Seco and Daniel Mangabeira, has been selected for the next edition of the Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, which will take place in Brasília in November 2026

The Casa da Arquitetura expresses its deepest condolences on the death of the Brazilian architect, designer and professor Eduardo de Almeida, whose work forms part of its collection of Brazilian architecture.