Curating Ecologies on Architecture by Patrícia Coelho and Tender and Toxic Tales by Juri Welt are new, informative and inspirational works of architectural writing, supported and published by the IAF and dpr-barcelona as part of the LINA Writing Awards. The books will soon be available to purchase from The Library Project in their Dublin bookshop and online. 

Curating Ecologies on Architecture by Patrícia Coelho, commissioned by IAF

Portuguese writer, architect, curator and researcher Patrícia Coelho’s new work investigates the expanded field of architecture and its intersection with ecology and the practice of curating. Curating Ecologies on Architecture features interviews with five architects from across the globe – Paola Antonelli, Pedro Gadanho, Paula Nascimento, Maria Otero Verzier, and Paulo Tavares – all of whom curate exhibitions of architecture as a key part of their practice. This piece of contemporary research is an important contribution to current architectural discourse. IAF is proud to support this work. 

Tender and Toxic Tales by Juri Welt, commissioned by dpr-barcelona

Austrian architect, writer and photographer Juri Velt moves between rural and urban contexts, between a writing and a material-based practice, and between working alone and collectively. Trained as an architect and navigating life as a chronically ill queer person, their practice revolves around the question of how to live together – with a focus on companionship and other forms of resistance. Their new work, Tender and Toxic Tales, explores potential scenarios emerging with the disappearance of a segment of society in a mountain town. Three tales unfold in the voids left by its departure, unravelling the social and architectural repercussions of its absence. The stories bear witness to the use of the landscape and its consequences, with interjections by tongues both ancient and new, offering fragments of forgotten narratives and glimpses of alternative perspectives.

Both books are currently available from dpr-barcelona.

About the LINA Writing Awards

The LINA Writing Awards are offered jointly by the IAF and dpr-barcelona as part of the wider LINA European architecture platform, which supports emerging practitioners addressing climate and environmental challenges in the field of architecture. LINA facilitates an extensive programme of collaboration and knowledge building between architecture organisations and emerging professionals. The annual Writing Awards support emerging writers by commissioning new work that addresses environmental challenges and promotes sustainable design in architecture.

Two publications are selected for support and publication each year through the LINA Open Call. Stay tuned for our announcement of the next LINA Writing Award recipients for 2024/25.

Photo by dpr-barcelona.