A new roster of emerging talent in spatial practices joins the community
Zoisova cesta 12
Ljubljana 1000
Slovenia
“Architecture is either about buildings or it’s about people. If it’s about buildings the discipline is limited to the imagination of the people that conceive it. If it’s about people, its possibilities expand to match the imaginations of those who inhabit it. Looking at this year’s LINA Fellows makes clear that architecture is a discipline in transition. This shift means that established hierarchies are being dismantled in order for architecture to return to relevance. These practices remind us that architecture, despite efforts to the contrary, is still able to imagine a better future.” —LINA Alumnus Ewa Effiom, from In Progress, State of Architecture address
2025 Spotlight LINA Fellows
Through its annual open call, the European Architecture Platform LINA reached out once again to diverse creatives and audacious thinkers, offering up a platform to emerging spatial practitioners, architects, designers, film makers, artists and others dealing with space and the people who inhabit it. Over 400 proposals were received and 25 applicants were selected to be spotlighted. 22 were voted in by the LINA General Assembly. In addition, 3 EUmies Awards Young Talent 2025 winners joined the cohort on invitation.
Valeria Prorizna / Andreas Stanzel / Spyridon Loukidis, Markos Georgios Sakellion, Georgios Thalassinos / Blanka Major / Kateryna Lopatiuk / Pravo na grad / Ane Crisan / Jack Farman / Teimuraz Gabunia, Veriko Shengelia, Dea Khizanishvili / Enno Pötschke & Lisa van Heyden / Max Koch / Galena Sardamova and Paris Bezanis / Carolina von Hammerstein + Vera Kellmann / Samanta Kajėnaitė / studio dreiSt. / Svitlana Usychenko / studio after / Tiphaine Bedel / Sandra / Nami Gradolí Giner / Fite Fuaite / "Al-‘ar·d" Team / Društvo i prostor / Natalie Novik / Public Projects
LINA Forum in Pristina, Kosovo
Organised in tandem with the Kosovo Architecture Foundation, the LINA Forum was a two-day opportunity for exploration and making connections, the programme weaved through the city of Pristina, its public spaces and architectural landmarks.
Ewa Effiom, LINA Alumnus, presented the State of Architecture address, which you can now read and watch on the LINA website. Effiom is a London-based Belgo-Nigerian architect and writer whose work explores image culture, futurism, and mythology through the lens of space.
The aim of the Forum is to knit closer ties within the community and to establish collaborations that will form the LINA Architecture Programme for the coming year. This includes activities such as mentoring, facilitation, residencies, research, writing, exhibiting, public engagement, and programming. Outcomes of this year’s programme will be presented at the LINA Festival in 2027.
2026 LINA Festival
The first ever LINA Festival, a digestion of the activities and collaborations developed thus far, will be co-curated by KoozArch and presented on April 15–17, 2026. You’re kindly invited to save the date and join us in Ljubljana.
LINA, the European Architecture Platform, is co-funded by the EU. Participation of architects from Switzerland is made possible by Pro Helvetia.
