Architecture & Data
(JULY 2026)
OPEN CALL
Image: Aerial photo of the “Huawei Cloud” data center in the new Guian district, Guizhou Province, southwest China, May 23, 2023. Photo: Tao Liang
​Digitalization appears immaterial, yet it relies on a massive and highly specialized built infrastructure: data centers, server farms, fiber-optic networks, cooling systems, and security architectures. Behind the seemingly boundless cloud, hermetic buildings emerge that organize energy, data, and control. The issue Architecture & DATA investigates these new typologies situated between invisibility and territorial presence, asking how architecture transforms when it is no longer primarily designed for human use, but for storage, algorithms, and permanent availability.
We welcome projects and research from a broad range of genres and disciplinary perspectives for publication in ADATO. ADATO invites architects, artists, designers, researchers, curators and critics — individuals or teams of any nationality and country of residence — to submit contributions for the upcoming issue „Architecture & DATA“.
Formats: Contributions can take different formats: a text essay presenting a theoretical, analytical, or critical argument; an image essay consisting of visual material such as photography, drawings, mappings, or artistic research accompanied by a short written text; or a project contribution introducing a realized, under-construction, or conceptual work, including architectural projects, design proposals, speculative work, or architectural research.
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Timeline — Architecture & Data​
30 March 2026
Submission of abstract (max. 400 words), CV & image material (max. 3 images)
11 May 2026
Submission of final contribution (max. 3 000 words) and image material (max. 15 images) including captions and written permission of the copyright holder)
1 June 2026
Final approval (“ready for print”)
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Accepted languages​
English, French, German, and Luxembourgish
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