The Architectural Association has launched the 2026 Architecture Through Media Forums, a series of high-impact, small-cohort gatherings exploring how architecture is made public through time-based media, printed and digital platforms, books, exhibitions, and objects. Each Forum approaches architecture as a discursive, artistic, and cultural practice, treating mediation as a creative act—a way of constructing knowledge and imagination through different forms of representation.
The 2026 programme includes four Forums, three held at the AA in London and one in Rome:
A) Media–Architecture Rome Forum – 22–27 June 2026, British School at Rome, Rome
A retreat integrating publishing, film, and design through engagement with the city.
B) Film–Architecture Forum – 24–28 July 2026, AA School, London
Exploring storytelling, filmmaking, and the capture of emotional and physical space.
C) Publishing–Architecture Forum – 31 July–4 August 2026, AA School, London
Focusing on books, magazines, exhibitions, and digital platforms.
D) Design–Architecture Forum – 14–18 August 2026, AA School, London
Centred on objects, materials, and hands-on experimentation.
You can register in advance and receive a 50% discount:
Open Call for Proposals
The AA has issued an open call for architects, artists, filmmakers, designers, writers, researchers, institutions, publishers, producers, and practices to present work or research at the 2026 Forums. The programme will convene leading voices across media and architecture, with the British School at Rome hosting the Media–Architecture Rome Forum, providing a distinctive site-specific context for research and experimentation.
Full submission details are available in the open call notice. Proposals may be submitted here until 29 December 2025
