AV Monographs 280: World Tour 2026

For the past three years, the Spain Yearbook has been complemented by a special edition of AV Monographs that is an invitation to travel the world through twelve foreign works presented by Luis Fernández-Galiano, who reflects on the uncertain contemporary landscape. The year has been marked by Donald Trump’s prominence, but there have been other relevant issues on the international level, such as the unstoppable rise of China and the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. The buildings of the year include long-awaited landmarks such as Heneghan Peng's Grand Egyptian Museum, Norman Foster's JPMorgan Headquarters in New York, and Sou Fujimoto's ring for the Osaka Expo; typological revisions by Herzog & de Meuron at Calder Gardens, OFFICE for the Swiss television, and Diller Scofidio+Renfro at the Victoria & Albert Storehouses; cultural refurbishments such as those by Nouvel in Paris, Pihlmann in Copenhagen, and MAD in Rotterdam; and the tectonic displays of Grafton Architects in Fayetteville, Vector Architects in Jingdezhen, and Aidia Studio in Nicolás Bravo.