The Library of Aragon, along with other educational and professional institutions, has presented a new award to recognize the most outstanding academic projects of students completing the Master’s Degree in Architecture at the University of Zaragoza. The awarded works will be publicly displayed in January 2026 at the Library of Aragon.
The ‘Library of Aragon’ award will acknowledge the best master’s thesis projects presented during the 2024-2025 academic year. All projects that have been previously selected by the professors responsible for the Master’s Degree in Architecture at the University of Zaragoza will be eligible to participate. The evaluation will focus on two aspects: the quality of the proposed solution and the expressive capacity demonstrated by the author. All selected projects will participate in a public exhibition in the Library of Aragon’s hall during January 2026.
This award is a joint initiative of four institutions: the Library of Aragon, which is part of the Department of Education, Culture, and Sport of the Government of Aragon; the Public Library of Zaragoza, under the Ministry of Culture; the Master’s Degree in Architecture from the School of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Zaragoza; and the Zaragoza Demarcation of the Official College of Architects of Aragon. The building housing both libraries is considered a landmark of contemporary architecture in Zaragoza, having received the ‘García Mercadal’ Award from the Official College of Architects of Aragon in 1991.
At the award presentation held this Friday, participants included Rosario Fraile, director of the Library of Aragon; Silvia Ruberte, director of the State Public Library in Zaragoza; José Laborda, architect and professor of Architectural Projects at the University of Navarra until his retirement from the Polytechnic University of Madrid; Natalia Cuadra, representative of the Official College of Architects of Aragon and jury member; and Javier Pérez Herreras, professor of Architectural Projects at the University of Zaragoza. The jury will be composed of three members with voting rights, alternately including the director of the Library of Aragon and the director of the Public Library of Zaragoza (or their delegate), the coordinating professor of the Master’s Degree, and the president of the Zaragoza demarcation of the Official College (or an architect representing them). The youngest among the jury members will act as secretary. The jury will award the prize and any mention diplomas it deems appropriate.
