For the first time, the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) is joining forces with the Order of Architects and Consulting Engineers in Luxembourg (OAI), the European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations (EFCA), and the European Council of Engineers Chambers (ECEC) to organise a joint conference that will:
- Showcase how the architectural and engineering professions create resilient design, in line with the New European Bauhaus ambitions
- Explore challenges they face and innovative tools that can support their collaboration
- Highlight the specificities of the procurement of design services and make concrete recommendations for the revision of the EU Public Procurement Directive, so that it can best support high-quality design in Europe
In recent years, thanks in particular to the New European Bauhaus, there has been a growing political awareness of the positive contribution that a high-quality built environment can make to the common good. The New European Bauhaus invites us collectively to reimagine our living spaces in order to make them more sustainable, inclusive and beautiful and to create enabling conditions for the green transition. It also promotes greater collaboration between stakeholders of the buildings and the construction sector, rightly emphasising that a transdisciplinary approach is a prerequisite for high-quality places.
Intellectual services of architects and consulting engineers play a central role in the planning and design of our built environment – from buildings to public spaces and infrastructure, with services contributing significantly to the public interest. The procurement phase is a critical time in the life cycle of a construction project, and the choice of the procedure, its terms and conditions, as well as the project brief have a significant impact on the design and construction works and the ultimate quality of what is built and the purposes it serves.
The conference will be attended by around 300 professionals from the built environment from all over Europe, including high-level representatives from the OAI, ACE, EFCA and ECEC, as well as the European Commission and the Luxembourg Government.
Find out more about the full programme of the conference and associated activities and the speakers biographies.
Registration open until 5 May 2025
About the ACE
The Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE), which RIBA is a member of, is the representative organisation for architecture at European level.
Its membership currently consists of 52 Member Organisations, including the regulatory and professional representative bodies in all EU Member States, 6 Observers Members (Serbia, Kosovo, Ukraine, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia and Moldova) from the Accession Countries, plus Members with special status (UK, Switzerland and Norway), thereby representing the interests of over half a million architects from 36 countries in Europe.
ACE’s Mission is to
- Influence, through advocacy, EU legislation and policies that impact on its strategic priorities
- Be an influential and valued source of authoritative information for the architectural profession in Europe
- Act as the unified voice of the architectural profession in the European institutions
- Be an effectively networked representative body for EU architects and practices
- Create an enabling practice and regulatory environment for architects and practices
- Demonstrate the role of architects in creating a truly competitive, enriching and sustainable Europe
