UIA Barcelona Architects - Firm Growth & Client Trust

We want to hear from you. Next week we will be attending the @UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 in Barcelona, and we are recording a short interview series with architecture founders and principals. The idea is simple: Architecture is not only about the work you design. It is also about the relationships you build, the clients who trust you, the markets where you become known, and the decisions that help a firm win the right projects over time. That side of architecture is rarely talked about. We hear about competitions. Awards. Publications. Design narratives. But less about how firms actually grow. How they enter a new sector. How they build trust before an RFP exists. How they become the studio a client already has in mind before the shortlist is made. That is the conversation we want to open at UIA. We are inviting architects, founders, and principals to join us for a rapid-fire series of 10-minute interviews around lunchtime during the congress. We want to hear your story, your point of view, and how building relationships that lead to real projects has changed in recent years. Some firms we would love to talk to: marina tabassum, Boonserm Premthada DNA Design and Architecture, Elias Anastas, yousef anastas ,Joelle Eyeson (Hive Earth), Wes Degreef, Rahul Mehrotra (RMA Architects), Tatiana Bilbao, Adamo-Faiden, Olaf Grawert, Alina Kolar (HouseEurope!), Brandlhuber + Emde, Burlon, OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen. If you are attending UIA and have something to say about the business side of architecture, comment or DM. We will be filming in Barcelona during the congress.