AHI Architectural Heritage Intervention

“Contributing to enhancing our heritage, as the way forward for 21 st Century architecture is our raison d’être; to emphasize a diverse, rich vision that necessarily complements the intervention is our mission, and achieving it with reflexive and purposeful efforts is the challenge”.

This project, founded in, and directed since, 2011 by Ramon Calonge, Oriol Cusidó, Marc Manzano and Jordi Portal, architects and members of the Group of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage (AADIPA), has, through the years become a platform that includes four actions that are both independent and transversal.
 
The European Award, a biennial event that brings together and showcases the multiple approaches of intervention in Europe.

The International Biennial, a framework that serves to compare and gain closer insight of quality interventions in architectural heritage in non-European countries.

The digital Archive, a live and open window that provides a panoramic view of interventions in the history of our surroundings.

The Forum, a meeting place where you can participate in on-going debates about the main preoccupations and lines of thought about interventions in architectural heritage in Europe.

Get to know the shortlisted projects

Get to know the shortlisted projects

15 May 2025

The shortlisted entries in the four categories have been selected by the international jury from a total of 238 submitted projects, representing 24 European countries. The awards ceremony will take place in Barcelona on 5 June. 

A total of 40 works (15 in the Built heritage category, 10 in the Exterior spaces category, 5 in the Urban planning category, and 10 in the Disclosure category) have been shortlisted by the members of the international jury of the European AHI – Architectural Heritage Intervention – Award. Organised in partnership with the Architects’ Association of Catalonia, this biennial Award aims to honour and showcase best practices in heritage intervention across Europe.
 
Shortlisted entries in the Built Heritage category
The jury for the Built heritage category, made up of the architects Meritxell Inaraja, Stefano Francesco Musso and Stijn Cools, has shortlisted the following entries from a total of 159 submitted projects:

- Gran Palais, Paris, France. Chatillon Architectes
- Renaissance of the Convent of Saint-François, Sainte Lucie de Tallano, France. Amelia Tavella
- Hyparschale Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany. gmp von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects
- Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy. Labics
- Vapor Cortès. Prodis 1923, Terrassa, Spain. Harquitectes
- Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium. noAarchitecten
- Turbine building, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Spain. Batllori & Trepat Arquitectes, Consorci del Besòs
- Kunstsilo, Kristianasand, Norway. BAX Studio, Mendoza Partida, Mestres Wåge
- Railway Museum of Catalonia, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain. Jordi Roig Arquitectes
- Royale Belge, Brussels, Belgium. Caruso St John Architects, Bovenbouw Architectuur, DDS+, MA2
- Agricultural Cooperative, Flix, Spain. Camps Felip Arquitecturia
- Special Exhibitions Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom. Carmody Groarke
- Share and reuse factory, Kortrijk, Belgium. ATAMA
- Rehabilitate to Revitalize: A lively neighborhood, Vic, Spain. Ajuntament de Vic (Vic City Council)
- Uhrovec Castle – Outhouse, Uhrovské Podhradie, Slovakia. ô, Slovak Technical University - Faculty of Architecture and Design - Institute of History and Theory of restoration of monuments

Shortlisted entries in the Exterior Spaces category
Meanwhile, the jury for the Exterior spaces category, composed of the architects Michaela De Poli, Gentzane Goikuria and Fernando Menis, has shortlisted the following entries from a total of 41 submitted projects:

- Park at the Warsaw Uprising Mound, Warsaw, Poland. Archigrest, topoScape
- Memorial of the Former Deportation Station, Bobigny, France. OKRA
- Cortevecchia Square, Ferrara, Italy. INOUT architettura
- Corral de Don Diego, Toledo, Spain. Consorcio de la Ciudad de Toledo
- Firal d'Olot, Olot, Spain. Anna & Eugeni Bach, Bayona Studio, alba Colomer, Bach Arquitectes
- Jardines Mediterráneos de la Hoya Park, Almería, Spain. KAUH ARQUITECTURA Y PAISAJISMO
- Interior Public Courtyard, Inca, Spain. Flexoarquitectura
- Plaça Major, Olot, Spain. Un Parell d'Arquitectes, Pep de Solà Morales, Quim Domene
- Can Batlló Park, Industrial Heritage and Nature, Barcelona, Spain. IMU, City Council of Barcelona
- L'Hort Petit, Barcelona, Spain. JAAS
 
Shortlisted entries in the Urban Planning category
The jury for the Urban Planning category, comprising the architects Ioanna Spanou, Batu Kepekcioğlu and Bart Akkerhuis, has shortlisted the following entries from a total of 10 submitted projects:
 
Shortlisted entries in the Disclosure category
The jury for the Disclosure category, composed of the architects Elodie Degavre, Stephen Bates and Mariona Benedito, has shortlisted the following entries from a total of 28 projects: