As a form of knowledge production, artistic research combines the making of works with the writing of words. At the Works + Words Biennale 2026, each exhibited work is accompanied by an essay authored by the participating architectural researchers and practitioners.

Rather than functioning as explanations, these essays complement the works in different ways as poetic and critical exemplifications of how making and writing can operate together to provide insights and reflections on architecture.

The essays are made available here as preprints and have not undergone a formal peer-review process.

Alicia Lazzaroni and Antonio Bernacchi
Anirudhan Iyengar
Anna Pomazanna and Mykhailo Shevchenko
Anne Romme and Jacob Sebastian Bang
Chris Thurlbourne
Corneel Cannaerts and Michiel Helbig
Emilie Boye Kjær and Laurids Bager
Emilie Henriksen and Høgni T. Hansen
Ephraim Joris
Frans Drewniak
Frederik Petersen
Gjiltinë Isufi
Guro Sollid
Heidi Svenningsen Kajita
Jānis Aufmanis and Max Sandred
Jo Van Den Berghe
Johan Liekens and Wim Goossens
Jonathan Foote
Lars Rolfsted Mortensen
Maja Zander and Lizette Jensen
Manou Van Den Eynde
Masashi Kajita and Nicolai de Gier
Matthew Dylan Anderson
McLain Clutter and Cyrus Peñarroyo
Michael Birn
Mira Sanders and Cédric Noël
Nikoletta Karastathi
Nuria Casais
Rasmus Strange Thue Tobiasen
Sally Mackereth
Simon Twose and Anastasia Globa
Stefan Darlan Boris
Thena Jean-hee Tak and Chad Manley
Thomas Parker

Shortly after the biennale, a book called WORKS+WORDS – Artistic Research in Architecture will be published. Structured as an archipelago of projects, the book documents and contemplates the three Works and Words Biennales for Artistic Research in Architecture which took place in Copenhagen in 2017, 2019, and 2022 through images, essays, and interviews. It is authored by Peter Bertram and Martin Søberg.