European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture

The European Union Prize for Contemporary ArchitectureMies van der Rohe Award is a prize given biennially by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona,[1] 'to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe'.

The Prize was created in 1987 through an equal partnership among the European Commission, the European Parliament 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 as a partner in Venice; sponsored by Jung, Jansen and Regent; and with the support of USM.[2]

List of award winners

Year Winning Building Shortlisted Buildings
1988

Banco Borges e Irmão
Portugal Vila do Conde
Architect(s): Alvaro Siza

1990

New Stansted Airport Terminal
United Kingdom London
Architect(s): Foster + Partners

  • Netherlands The Hague, Two Houses and Shops in the Van der Vennepark
  • West Germany Frankfurt am Main, The German Postal Museum
  • West Berlin Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie Housing
  • United Kingdom London, Thames Reach Housing
  • Italy Ivrea, New Olivetti Office Building
  • Italy Gibellina, Ricostruzione E Rinnovo Delle Case Di Stefano
  • Portugal Portalegre, Regional Social Security Centre
  • Portugal Porto, Cultural Centre for the Statate Secretariat of Culture
  • Netherlands Aerdenhout, Primary School for the School Association Aerdenhout Bentveld
1992

Municipal Sports Stadium
Spain Badalona, Barcelona
Architect(s): Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius

1994

Waterloo International railway station
United Kingdom London
Architect(s): Nicholas Grimshaw

1996

Bibliothèque Nationale de France
France Paris
Architect(s): Dominique Perrault

  • Belgium Eeklo, Transformation of a Former Milk Factory in an Office Building
  • Austria Seibersdorf, Office and Research Centre Seibersdorf
  • Austria Murau, Footbridge over the Mur
  • Cyprus Avgorou, Primary School of Avgorou
  • Czech Republic Brno, Investment and Post Bank Brno
  • Denmark Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Extension
  • Finland Helsinki, Shipboy Housing
  • Finland Virolahti, Teboil Gas Station
  • France Mont Beuvray, European Archaeological Center
  • France Arles, Archeological Museum and Research Centre
  • France Bordeaux, University House of Arts
  • France Grenoble, Arts and Human Sciences Building
  • France Paris, Boileau Apartments, Transformation of an Office Block into Housing
  • France Lyon, Cité Internationale (first phase)
  • Germany Hannover, Hall 26
  • Germany Berlin, Friedrichstadt Passagen - Block 207
  • Germany Brühl, Babanek House
1998

Kunsthaus Bregenz
Austria Bregenz
Architect(s): Peter Zumthor

Other finalists

  • Switzerland Appenzell, Museum Liner Appenzell (renamed: Kunstmuseum Appenzell)
  • Switzerland Riehen, Beyeler Foundation
  • France Bordeaux, Villa in Bordeaux
2001

Kursaal Centre
Spain San Sebastián
Architect(s): Rafael Moneo

Other finalists
2003

Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North
France Hoenheim, Strasbourg
Architect(s): Zaha Hadid

Other finalists
2005

Netherlands Embassy Berlin
Germany Berlin
Architect(s): Rem Koolhaas

Other finalists
2007

Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León
Spain León
Architect(s): Mansilla+Tuñón Arquitectos

Other finalists
  • Austria Vienna, Fluc 2, Music and Art Club, Transformation of a Pedestrian Underpass
2009

Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
Norway Oslo
Architect(s): Snøhetta

Other finalists
  • Netherlands Hilversum, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
2011

Neues Museum[3]
Germany Berlin
Architect(s): David Chipperfield

Other finalists
2013

Harpa concert hall[4]
Iceland Reykjavík
Architect(s): Henning Larsen Architects and Studio Olafur Eliasson

Other finalists
2015

Szczecin Philharmonic Hall[5]
Poland Szczecin
Architect(s): Barozzi Veiga

Other finalists
2017

DeFlat Kleiburg
Netherlands Amsterdam
Architect(s): NL Architects and XVW architectuur

Other finalists
  • Community Workshop
  • Ariane futsal sports complex
  • Suvela Chapel
  • Moholt 50I50 – Timber Towers
  • Weekend House at Sildegarnsholmen
  • Angelos Organic Olive Oil Mill
  • Collective housing for elderly people and civic and health centre
  • Östermalm’s Temporary Market Hall
  • Merrion Cricket Pavilion
  • Polyvalent Infrastructure
  • Skjern River Pump Stations
  • Fondazione Prada
  • House in Oeiras
  • Puukuokka Housing Block (house 1)
  • Granby Four Streets
  • Landmark Nieuw-Bergen
  • Holmes Road Studios
  • Barn
  • Rasu Houses
  • Shepherdess Walk Housing
  • Timmerhuis
  • House 1014
  • Opinmäki School
  • 59 Dwellings, Neppert Gardens Social Housing
  • Eldhusøya Tourist Route Project
  • Kvæsthus Pier
  • European Hansemuseum
  • EDP Headquarters
  • Nadir Afonso Museum for Contemporary Art
  • Beyazıt State Library Renovation
  • Model School Inchicore
  • Museum of the Royal Collections
2019 Transformation of 530 dwellings — Grand Parc Bordeaux
France Bordeaux
Architect(s): Lacaton & Vassal Other finalists
2022 Town House – Kingston University[6]
United Kingdom Kingston upon Thames
Grafton Architects Other finalists
  • Vertical Farm
  • Local Activity Centre
  • The Great Synagogue Memorial Park
  • Atelierhaus C.21
  • Recovery of Merola’s Tower
  • Nursery and Primary School
  • Market Square Ptuj
  • Extension and Reconstruction of the Vizafogó Kindergarten
  • Housing Rack / Pre-fab House in Berlin
  • Student Residence and Reversible Car Park
  • The Hill House Box
  • Revitalization of a Town House
  • Gare Maritime
  • Pierres Blanches Cultural Centre
  • The Malt Factory
  • Gleis 21 – We bring the village to the city
  • LocHal Public Library
  • Dexamenes Seaside Hotel
  • Fabra & Coats & Social Housing
  • Marquês de Abrantes’ Palace
  • Melopee Multipurpose School Building
  • Vindmøllebakken
  • Urban Spaces 2 / Mumuleanu 14 Apartment Building
  • New Gallery and Casemates / New Bastion
  • Prague Eyes – Riverfront Revitalisation
  • Second Home Offices in Holland Park
  • School Campus Neustift
  • Helsinki Olympic Stadium Refurbishment and Extension
  • Portas do Mar – Public Space and Car Parking
  • Interior Urban Block
  • Neue Nationalgalerie
  • Wadden Sea Centre
2024[3] Study Pavilion on the campus of TU Braunschweig[7]

GermanyBraunschweig Gustav Düsing, Büro Max Hacke

Other finalists
  • Belgium Amal Amjahid – community facility along the canal in Molenbeek
  • Republic of Ireland Dublin, Annesley Gardens
  • Netherlands Almere, Art Pavilion M.
  • Germany Berlin, Building Community Kurfürstenstrasse
  • Italy Auronzo di Cadore, Bivouac Fanton
  • Croatia Cret Viljevski, Black Slavonian eco pig farm
  • Slovenia Bohinjska Bistrica, Bohinj Kindergarten
  • Belgium, Fire Station, Multi-Purpose Space, and Emergency Housing
  • Portugal Matosinhos, Escadinhas Footpaths
  • Spain Derio, Day centre for young people with autism spectrum disorder
  • Slovenia Stare Slemene, Covering the remains of the Church of St. John the Baptist in the Žiče Charterhouse
  • Portugal Porto, General Silveira Building
  • Germany Floating University Berlin
  • Belgium Anderlecht, Open air swimming pool FLOW
  • Spain Gavà, Social housing 1737
  • Belgium Het Steen, Antwerp
  • Austria IKEA Vienna western station / IKEA – the good neighbour in the city

List of Emerging Architect Special Mention

Year Architect(s) Building Location
2001 Florian Nagler Kaufmann Holz AG Center of distribution Germany Bobingen
2003 Jürgen Mayer H. Stadthaus Scharnhauser Park Germany Ostfildern
2005 NL Architects BasketBar Netherlands Utrecht
2007 Bevk Perovic arhitekti Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics Slovenia Ljubljana
2009 Studio UP Gymnasium 46° 09' N / 16° 50' E Croatia Koprivnica
2011 Bosch.Capdeferro Arquitectures Collage House Spain Girona
2013 Langarita-Navarro Architects Red Bull Music Academy Spain Madrid
2015 ARQUITECTURA-G Casa Luz Spain Cilleros
2017 MSA and V+ NAVEZ - 5 social units as Northern entrance of Brussels Belgium Brussels

See also

References

  1. ^ Mies Arch Archived 25 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 25 March 2010
  2. ^ "Young Talent Architecture Award 2020 Breaks Ground". ArchDaily. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b European Commission, 18 April 2011
  4. ^ European Commission, 30 April 2013
  5. ^ Frearson, Amy (8 May 2015). "Szczecin Philharmonic Hall wins Mies van der Rohe Award". Dezeen. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ^ Alfaro, Edittio x Edu. "Town House - Kingston University". EUmies Awards (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. ^ Edittio. "Study Pavilion on the campus of TU Braunschweig". EUmies Awards. Retrieved 3 November 2024.