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= Architecture Week Madrid =

Architecture Week (Semana Arquitectura) in Madrid, is an annual event that started in 2003, which aims to bring together the people of the city and it’s architecture. Every year from September 30th to October 6th, anyone with an interest in architecture can attend the event at the COAM headquarters (Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid). It gives people the chance to discover the historical background of Madrid’s architecture, as well as acquire a knowledge of architecture as a subject through the various conferences and tours provided within the event.

The Architecture Week is organized by the official College of Architecture of Madrid (COAM) with the desired result of tying architecture and urban development closer to Madrid’s public. “Its aim is to bring architecture closer to society and on this occasion, to highlight the architectural heritage in which the citizens of one of the world’s leading capitals live their lives.”

In 2019, the five main themes of Architecture Week are: Urbanism, Crisis, Housing, Environment, and some main events of this Architecture Week include: conferences, tours of over 50 important buildings in Madrid, a designer architecture market pop up store, and children’s activities. These activities take place in the COAM Headquarters, where many events in collaboration with other institutions take place.

In recent years, there has been an initiative to have international collaboration whereby different cities were asked to participate in order to create architectural content from both cities. In  this edition, it has been proposed to include Paris as an "invited city" (for the 2019 Architecture Week), with various organisations including the "Embajada de Francia en España", the "Institut français" and "l’Alliance française" all participating in the festival.

Notes and References

 * 1) (2019, September 30). Madrid Events: Architecture Week. Retrieved from AilMadrid
 * 2) (2018, October 5). Madrid Architecture Week 2018. Retrieved from Cosentino.com
 * 3) Semaine de L’Architecture. Retrieved from Semana Arquitectura
 * 4) (2019, June 6). Architecture Week 2020. Retrieved from EsMadrid
 * 5) Architecture Week 2019. Retrieved from turismoMadrid
 * 6) Semana de la Arquitectura 2019. Retrieved from Semana Arquitectura Madrid