Teaching and research
Anna Bach is a professor of Practice at Washington University in St. Louis, United States, and a lecturer at Eina.
Professional activity
She holds a PhD in Architecture from ETSAB-UPC, a degree in Architecture from Aalto University in Helsinki, and a Master’s degree in Theory and Practice of Architectural Design from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She leads the studio Anna & Eugeni Bach (1999–).
Her work is structured around professional practice, teaching, research, and cultural dissemination. She has participated in the Venice Biennale on three occasions (2025, 2023 and 2016) and was co-director of the 15th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism.
Projects by Anna & Eugeni Bach have been widely published and exhibited internationally. Their distinctions include the European Architecture Heritage Intervention Award (2025), the International CityScape Award (2024), and several FAD Awards.
Publications
(Only the 5 most recent are listed)
- Anna Bach, Dear Axel… 99 postcards from Alison and Peter Smithson, Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Cologne, 2025.
- Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, ANNA Y EUGENI BACH /02 Colección El material de lo construido, Saint-Gobain Weber / Bisman Ediciones, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA and QUT Ediciones, Spain, 2022.
- “1sqm” in: A+U No. 636, Tokyo, 2023, pp. 152–156 + cover.
- Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, Mies missing Materiality, Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona, 2019.
- Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, Más vivienda por menos, Fundación Arquia – Los libros de la Catarata, Barcelona / Madrid, 2015.
Works
- Calderes, Public library in the former boiler room of the Pirelli factory, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2025–ongoing.
- Cine y auditorio Sabatini del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2025.
- Corona d’Ulls, Artistic installation in the dome of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 2025.
- Roselló 246, Refurbishment of a Modernist residential building, Barcelona, 2025.
- Green House, Barcelona, 2024.
- “Human Traces - World Heritage”, exhibition, Jyväskylä, Finland, 2023.
- Casa Alesan, Refurbishment and extension of a Modernist residential building, Barcelona, 2023. CATEB Award for heritage rehabilitation 2024.
- Firal d’Olot, Olot, 2022. European Architectural Heritage Intervention Award 2025.
- 1sqm, Sant Cugat del Vallès, 2021.
- Siete Vidas, Housing block, Barcelona, 2021.
- Dirk i la fabrica de xocolata, La Bisbal d’Empordà, 2020.
- Mies Missing Materiality, Artistic installation at the Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, 2017.