The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is an international centre of education and research focused in architecture understood as a discipline that involve different scales from territorial analysis, urban developments, architectural projects, digital fabrications and informational environments.

Some of the most important projects recently developed are The Media House Project, elaborated with the MIT's Media Lab, the territorial research project Hipercatalunya , featured in Macba Barcelona, and the Transamericana project performed in Brazil.

The Institute extends educative programs linked to the Advanced Architecture Master in collaboration with the Fundación Politecnica de Catalunya.

In 2005-2006 education year, the Master of Advanced Architecture Program's topic is Fast Asia / Asia 2005-2006: "Fast Economic Growth vs. Fast City Growth in Asia". The program ends with an excursion for all students supported by the IAAC to the area of study, this year, a country of Asia.

The program is one year long, divided into 2 terms, oriented toward architects and other professionals in the field of engineering, landscape, geography, social sciences and economics who wish to further and refine their knowledge and professional skills in relation to phenomena at the architecture, urban and territorial scales.