7 November 2025

VAD. veredes, arquitectura y divulgación shortlisted at the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism

The journal VAD. veredes, arquitectura y divulgación has been selected as a finalist of the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU) in the category Dissemination and Publications, thanks to issues VAD10. La materia, VAD11. Los archivos, and VAD12. Las fuentes.

At VAD we would like to express our gratitude to the jury for this recognition, which highlights the editorial work and the ongoing commitment to research, critique, and quality in architectural dissemination.

17 July 2025

Call for Papers. VAD 14. The Commons

“They are those little things
Left to us by a time of roses
In a corner
On a piece of paper
Or in a drawer”.

Joan Manuel Serrat ,“Aquellas pequeñas cosas”, 1971

According to the definitions found in various dictionaries, acervos are "collections of moral, cultural, or material assets that belong to a collective" (Espasa), or "(...) accumulated through tradition or inheritance" (RAE). Moliner and Larousse further define acervo as a “pile of small, shared things.” Its derivatives are telling: acerico, a pin cushion, or aceruelo, a kind of saddlebag for carrying small items. These were often collections of consumable goods—lentils and wheat, for example—among the most valued. Over time, the term has come to encompass a broader meaning: the assets, tangible or not, gathered by a community or institution, and generally made available to all its members—or sometimes, to the public.

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14 May 2025

VAD11. The archives have been selected for the ARCHITECTURE 2025 Awards of the CSCAE in the category of dissemination!

A total of 201 works have been recognised for the various forms of architectural practice, from small to large scale.