The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture –
Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd ...
Award is a prize given biennially by the
European Union
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and the
Fundació Mies van der Rohe,
Barcelona
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, 'to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe'.
The Prize was created in 1987 through an equal partnership among the
European Commission
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, the
European Parliament
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and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe. The award is open to all the works completed in Europe within the two-year period before the granting of the prize. Nominations are submitted by independent experts, the national architecture associations and the advisory committee of the Prize, and then evaluated by a jury organized for each cycle. The five finalist works are visited by the jury, which chooses a prize winner and names an Emerging Architect winner.
As of 2016, a new category, the Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA), highlights the final degree projects of recently graduated architects, landscape architects and urban designers. YTAA, as an inherent part of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, is organised by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe with the support of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. YTAA is organised in partnership with the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) and the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE-CAE); World Architects as a founding partner; the
European Cultural Centre
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as a partner in Venice; sponsored by Jung, Jansen and Regent; and with the support of USM.
List of award winners
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! Shortlist(s)
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, 1988
,
,
Banco Borges e Irmão Vila do Conde
Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km². The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of Vila do Conde, Azurar ...
Architect(s):
Alvaro Siza
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, 1990
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New Stansted Airport Terminal London
Architect(s):
Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners is a British architectural, engineering, and integrated design practice founded in 1967 as Foster Associates by Norman Foster. It is the largest architectural firm in the UK with over 1,500 employees in 13 studios worldwide.
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, 1992
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Municipal Sports Stadium Badalona, Barcelona
Architect(s):
Esteve Bonell
Esteve is a Spanish international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Barcelona. Since its founding in 1929, Esteve has extended its commercial activity to more than 100 countries around the world.
History
The company's origins date back t ...
and
Francesc Rius
,
,
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, 1994
,
,
Waterloo International railway station
Waterloo International station was the London terminus of the Eurostar international rail service from its opening on 14 November 1994 to its closure on 13 November 2007, when it was replaced by London St Pancras International as the terminal ...
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
Architect(s):
Nicholas Grimshaw
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, CBE, PPRA (born 9 October 1939) is a prominent English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including London's Waterloo International railway station and the Eden Project in Cornwall. He was ...
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, 1996
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
Architect(s):
Dominique Perrault
Dominique Perrault (born 9 April 1953 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French architect and urban planner. He became world known for the design of the French National Library, distinguished with the Silver medal for town planning in 1992 and the Mies v ...
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, 1998
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,
Kunsthaus Bregenz
The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz, Vorarlberg (Austria).
History
Commissioned by the State of Vorarlberg and designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the Kunsthaus B ...
Bregenz
Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...
Architect(s):
Peter Zumthor
Peter Zumthor (; born 26 April 1943) is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Though managing a relatively small firm, he is the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize and 2013 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
E ...
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, 2001
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Kursaal Centre San Sebastián
San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the ...
Architect(s):
Rafael Moneo
José Rafael Moneo Vallés (born 9 May 1937) is a Spanish architect. He won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1996, the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2003 and La Biennale's Golden Lion in 2021.
Biography
Born in Tudela, Spain, Moneo studied at ...
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, 2003
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Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North Hoenheim,
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the ...
Architect(s):
Zaha Hadid
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( ar, زها حديد ''Zahā Ḥadīd''; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a major figure in architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centu ...
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,
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, 2005
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Netherlands Embassy Berlin Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...
Architect(s):
Rem Koolhaas
Remment Lucas Koolhaas (; born 17 November 1944) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He is often cited as a r ...
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, 2007
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,
Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León LeónArchitect(s):
Mansilla+Tuñón Arquitectos
,
,
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, 2009
,
,
Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet ( no, Den Norske Opera & Ballett, links=no) is a Norwegian opera company and ballet company. The first fully professional company each for opera and ballet in Norway and the only such professional organisati ...
Oslo
Architect(s):
Snøhetta
Snøhetta is the highest mountain in the Dovrefjell mountain range in Norway. At , it is the highest mountain in Norway outside the Jotunheimen range, making it the 24th highest peak in Norway, based on a topographic prominence cutoff. At , ...
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,
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, 2011
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,
Neues Museum
The Neues Museum (English: ''New Museum'') is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin. Built from 1843 to 1855 by order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia in Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival styles, ...
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...
Architect(s):
David Chipperfield
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, 2013
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Harpa concert hall Reykjavík
Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...
Architect(s):
Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects is an international architectural firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by Henning Larsen, it has around 750 employees.
In 2008, it opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 2011, an office in Munich, ...
and
Studio Olafur Eliasson
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, 2015
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Szczecin Philharmonic Hall SzczecinArchitect(s):
Barozzi Veiga
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,
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, 2017
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DeFlat Kleiburg Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
Architect(s): NL Architects and XVW architectuur
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,
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, 2019
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, Transformation of 530 dwellings — Grand Parc Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
Architect(s):
Lacaton &
Vassal
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Architectes
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Tirana
Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...
,
Skanderbeg Square
The Skanderbeg Square () is the main plaza in the centre of Tirana, Albania. The square is named after the Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu. The total area is about 40,000 square metres. The Skanderbeg Monument dominates the ...
* {{flagicon, BEL
Melle
Melle may refer to:
People
* Basil Melle (1891–1966), South African cricketer
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* John van Melle (1887–1953), Dutch-born South African author
* Melle Mel (born 19 ...
, PC CARITAS
* {{flagicon, GER
Berlin
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, Terrassenhaus Berlin / Lobe Block
* {{flagicon, ESP
Plasencia
Plasencia () is a walled market city in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Western Spain. , it has a population of 41,047.
Situated on the bank of the Jerte River, Plasencia has a historic quarter that is a consequence of the city's stra ...
, Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre
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, 2022
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, Town House –
Kingston University
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Kingston upon Thames
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Grafton Architects
, {{smalldiv,
* {{flagicon, ESP 85 Social Housing Units in
Cornellà
* {{flagicon, FRA The Railway Farm,
Paris
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* {{flagicon, BEL
Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture,
Hasselt
* {{flagicon, GER Frizz 23,
Berlin
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, {{smalldiv,
* {{flagicon, FRA
Freyming-Merlebach
Freyming-Merlebach (; german: Freimingen-Merlenbach) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the agglomeration of Saarbrücken and Forbach.Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
, ENSAE PARISTECH, Campus Paris-Saclay
* {{flagicon, FRA
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
, Lafayette Anticipations
* {{flagicon, FRA
Nantes, Museum of Arts
* {{flagicon, FRA
Montataire, The Perret Hall - Cultural Centre
* {{flagicon, DNK
Hammershus
Hammershus is a medieval era fortification at Hammeren on the northern tip of the Danish island of Bornholm.
The fortress was partially demolished around 1750 and is now a ruin. It was partially restored around 1900.
History
Hammershus was Sca ...
, Hammershus Visitors Centre
* {{flagicon, ITA
Arezzo, Prada Productive Headquarter
* {{flagicon, AUT
Vienna
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, timezone = CET
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, Aspern Federal School
* {{flagicon, POL
Katowice,
Silesia University's Radio and Television department
* {{flagicon, IRE
Kilkenny, St. Mary's Medieval Mile Museum
* {{flagicon, FIN
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
, Helsinki Central Library Oodi
* {{flagicon, ROU
Bucharest
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, Occidentului 40
* {{flagicon, SVK
Bratislava, Adaptation of the former factory Mlynica
* {{flagicon, BEL
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded i ...
, De Krook library
* {{flagicon, ESP
Matarranya, Solo House
* {{flagicon, ESP
Madrid
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, Desert City
* {{flagicon, ESP
Barcelona
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, Civic Centre Lleialtat Santsenca
* {{flagicon, ESP
Ullastret Ullastret is a small historic village on the Bay of Empordà located some 5 km northeast of La Bisbal d'Empordà, in Catalonia.
Formerly a 3 km2 lake, known as ''Llac d'Ullastret'' or ''Estany d'Ullastret'' existed close to this town, bu ...
, House 1413
* {{flagicon, ESP
Sant Ferran de ses Roques, LIFE REUSING POSIDONIA/ 14 social dwellings
* {{flagicon, BEL
Ternat
Ternat (; also french: Ternath, link=no) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages of Sint-Katherina-Lombeek, Ternat proper and Wambeek. It is also situated in the Pajottenland. ...
, Residential care center Kapelleveld
* {{flagicon, AUT
Innsbruck, House of Music Innsbruck
* {{flagicon, DNK
Billund, LEGO House
* {{flagicon, ITA
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
, M9 Museum District
* {{flagicon, GER
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...
, Residential and studio building at the former Berlin flower market
* {{flagicon, EST
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
, Arvo Pärt Centre
* {{flagicon, ROU
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, Restoration, refurbishment of the Headquarters of the order of Architects of Romania
* {{flagicon, SRB
Belgrade, Reconstruction of Museum of Contemporary Art
* {{flagicon, AUT
Vienna
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, Performative Brise- Soleil
* {{flagicon, IRL
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
, 14 Henrietta Street
* {{flagicon, BEL
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded i ...
, Ryhove Urban Factory
* {{flagicon, NLD
Leeuwarden
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, Visitor center park Vijversburg
* {{flagicon, NLD
Arnhem
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, Musis Sacrum
* {{flagicon, PRT
Lisbon, Cruise Terminal
List of Emerging Architect Special Mention
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! Location
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, 2001
, Florian Nagler
,
, Kaufmann Holz AG Center of distribution
, {{flagicon, GER Bobingen
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, 2003
, Jürgen Mayer H.
,
, Stadthaus Scharnhauser Park
, {{flagicon, GER Ostfildern
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, 2005
, NL Architects
,
, BasketBar
, {{flagicon, NED Utrecht
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, 2007
, Bevk Perovic arhitekti
,
, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
, {{flagicon, SLO Ljubljana
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, 2009
,
Studio UP
,
, Gymnasium 46° 09' N / 16° 50' E
, {{flagicon, CRO Koprivnica
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, 2011
, Bosch.Capdeferro Arquitectures
,
, Collage House
, {{flagicon, SPA Girona
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, 2013
, Langarita-Navarro Architects
,
,
Red Bull Music Academy
, {{flagicon, SPA Madrid
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, 2015
, ARQUITECTURA-G
,
, Casa Luz
, {{flagicon, SPA Cilleros
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, 2017
, MSA and V+
,
, NAVEZ - 5 social units as Northern entrance of Brussels
, {{flagicon, BEL Brussels
See also
*
List of architecture prizes
This list of architecture awards is an index to articles about notable awards for architecture. It includes global awards, international regional awards, international and national thematic awards, national awards, awards for students and young a ...
References
{{reflist
External links
YTAA website Fundació Mies van der Rohe website Creative Europe website
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Architecture awards
Contemporary architecture
Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant. Contemporary architects work in several different styles, from postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new interpretations of traditional architec ...
Awards established in 1987