Winners of the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention 2025
On June 6, the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention (AHI) ceremony was held at the Paranimf of the Escola Industrial de Barcelona. This seventh edition has consolidated the award as a benchmark in Europe for the conservation, rehabilitation, and revitalization of architectural heritage, with 238 projects from 24 European countries submitted.
On this occasion, the spotlight fell on interventions promoted by public administrations, reflecting the growing institutional commitment to heritage as a tool for social cohesion, sustainability, and urban memory.
In the Built Heritage category, the award went to the intervention in the medieval fortress Het Steen in Antwerp, carried out by the studio noAarchitecten. The jury highlighted the balance achieved between the rigorous restoration of the original building and the selective demolition of recent additions to make way for a new contemporary extension that is functional and respectful of the urban context.
The Firal d'Olot project, by Jaume Bach, Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, Xevi Bayona and Alba Colomer, was honored in the Outdoor Spaces category. Through careful intervention in the materials and topography, the team succeeded in returning a degraded public space to the citizens, transforming it into a sequence of comfortable, diverse areas of high environmental quality.
In the Urban Planning category, the award recognized the Master Plan for the regeneration of ancient Corinth in Greece, led by the Greek Ministry of Culture, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and the TPA studio. The project was distinguished for its holistic approach, which links archaeological heritage with the contemporary urban fabric.
In the Dissemination category, the award went to the book Ruinas, cicatrices, huellas. Proceso de rehabilitación de la Iglesia de San Agustín de San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Ruins, Scars and Traces) by Estudio SIC. The work, promoted by the City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna and the Government of the Canary Islands, was praised for its accessible visual language and invitation to actively engage with heritage through maps, photographs, and annotations.
The Belgian project Share and Reuse Factory, by the ATAMA studio in Kortrijk, received the New European Bauhaus Special Mention for the comprehensive transformation of an industrial complex into an inclusive community space. Likewise, the Restoration of the Chiaravalle Nolar Tower in Milan, carried out by Jurina e Radaelli Studio Associato, was recognized with the Special Mention in Restoration for its methodological precision and structural respect.
Since its creation in 2011, the AHI Award has served as a platform bringing visibility to architectural practices related to heritage. With more than 1,400 projects documented and available in its open digital archive (eu-architecturalheritage.org), the award seeks to contribute to a European architectural model where memory, sustainability, and innovation naturally coexist.