TAW (Tirana Architecture Weeks)

09/09/2026

CITY BRANDING: DURRËS UNSEEN

A five-day workshop inviting us to see Durrës beyond the familiar — through its spaces, identity, culture, and hidden stories.

An opportunity to explore new ways of understanding and communicating a city’s identity through city branding.

Durrës, seen differently.

Durres Architecture UrbanDesign

09/09/2026

A DAY BECOMES A HOUSE

A workshop exploring the relationship between time, space, and the way we experience a home.

Over five days, participants will be invited to think of the house not simply as an architectural object, but as a space shaped by memories, routines, movements, materials, and everyday experiences.

Led by Fulvio Papadopoulli and Shady Maher, the workshop will unfold through observation, experimentation, and creative processes, exploring the question: How can a day become a house? A chance to approach architecture from a more sensitive perspective—where a day, an action, or a moment can become a space.

09/09/2026

BACK TO ORK — WORKSHOP

A 5-day workshop bringing together creativity, architecture, nature, and community in Orikum.

Back to Ork is a space for exchanging ideas, experimenting, and exploring new ways of thinking and creating. Through collaboration and hands-on work, participants will engage with the local context and transform it into a source of inspiration for new ideas and possibilities.

Five days of making, exploring, connecting, and creating. Architecture Design CreativeWorkshop Community ArchitectureWorkshop UniversitetiPOLIS TAW Albania CreativeProcess ExploreCreateConnect

08/09/2026

Tirana Architecture Week Workshop starts with…

ARCHITECTURE, MEMORY AND DIGITAL HERITAGE: HBIM TO VR

This workshop explores the intersection of architecture, memory, and digital technologies, focusing on innovative approaches to documenting, interpreting, and conserving cultural heritage.

Through Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) and Virtual Reality (VR), participants will explore contemporary strategies for the digital preservation and interpretation of Gjirokastër’s architectural heritage.

A journey into how digital tools can help us preserve the past, reinterpret memory, and envision new possibilities for the future of heritage.

VirtualReality Gjirokastra CulturalHeritage ArchitectureWorkshop POLIS

08/09/2026

07/09/2026

TIRANA ARCHITECTURE WEEK 2026

Five days of workshops, conversations and hands-on exploration around architecture, design and the city.

From public space and urban identity to materials, digital heritage, technology and new ways of making — this year’s programme brings together different perspectives, practices and disciplines in one place.

The workshops are an opportunity to step outside the usual studio setting, work with new tools and ideas, and engage with Tirana as both a context and a source of inspiration.

WORKSHOP dates _ 14—18 SEPTEMBER 2026

Come for the ideas.
Stay for the process.

See you at TAW 2026

21/07/2026

TIRANA ARCHITECTURE WEEK 2026

Manifesto

Well Grounded

With the head above the clouds

In a world shaped by constant change, architecture must find balance between reflection and action. Well Grounded is an invitation to reconnect with the fundamentals of architecture—place, material, craft, knowledge, and the responsibility of building—while remaining open to new ideas, technologies, and futures.

To be grounded is not to resist innovation, but to build upon solid foundations. It means embracing uncertainty with critical thinking, creating with purpose, and teaching and sharing knowledge that is both rooted and adaptable.

Tirana, a city in continuous transformation, provides the ideal setting for this dialogue. Between local realities and global ambitions, it reminds us that meaningful architecture grows from a deep understanding of context while daring to imagine what lies ahead.

Tirana Architecture Week 2026 invites architects, educators, designers, students, and thinkers to reflect, collaborate, and envision a future that is both grounded and visionary.

Be well grounded. Keep your head above the clouds.

04/06/2026

Michiel van Driessche

Partner at Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners and City Architect of Groningen (NL)

“Nature-based is the solution!”, claims Michiel Van Driessche, an activist utilising landscape architecture to combat climate change. He is dedicated to integrating scientific research into planning and design when developing climate strategies and building Nature-based Solutions as a Felixx partner.

As Groningen’s city architect, Michiel aligns policymaking with planning for a sustainable future and aims for effective action by connecting local and European policies with planning and design frameworks. He firmly believes we can develop more robust planning instruments for our environments by bridging the gap between science and policy.

04/06/2026

Tirana Architecture Week 2026 begins with an extraordinary voice in contemporary architecture. We are honored to welcome Dominique Perrault, one of the most influential architects and urban thinkers of our time, whose work has profoundly shaped the dialogue between architecture, landscape, infrastructure, and the city. Known internationally for landmark projects such as the French National Library in Paris and for his visionary concept of the “groundscape,” Perrault will inaugurate this year’s edition of Tirana Architecture Week, setting the stage for moments of critical reflection, inspiring discussions, and explorations of architecture’s role in shaping our collective future. Universiteti Polis