European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Awards
Winner and special mention in 2011
The Neues Museum in Berlin is the winner of the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Award. The building is a reconstruction, blending old and new, by UK architect Sir David Chipperfield.
The 'Emerging Architect Special Mention' award goes to Ramon Bosch and Bet Capdeferro for the Collage House in Girona, Spain. The award ceremony for the 2011 prize will take place on 20 June at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, Spain.
Finalists in 2011
The six finalists for this year's Prize announced by the European Commission together with the Mies van der Rohe Foundation are:
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Neues Museum Berlin, Germany - David Chipperfield Architects / David Chipperfield (Photo by: Jörg von Bruchhausen) |
Bronks Youth Theatre Brussels, Belgium MDMA – Martine De Maesenner Architecten / Martine De Maeseneer, Dirk Van den Brande (Photo by: Filip Dujardin) |
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MAXXI: Museum of XXI Century Arts Rome, Italy - Zaha Hadid Architects / Zaha Hadid, Patrick Schumacher, Gianluca Racana (Photo by: Iwan Baan) |
Concert House Danish Radio Copenhagen, Denmark - Ateliers Jean Nouvel / Jean Nouvel (Photo by: Philippe Ruault) |
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| Acropolis Museum Athens, Greece - Bernard Tschumi Architects / Bernard Tschumi (Photo by: Christian Richters) | Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal Arnhem, The Netherlands - Architectenbureau Koen van Velsen / Koen van Velsen (Photo by: Rob´t Hart Fotografie) |
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About the Prize
The biennial European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture and the Special Mention for an Emerging Architect are awarded to highlight recent, excellent examples of architectural creativity of works which are less than two years old and to underline that modern architecture is socially and culturally rooted in European cities and is important in people's everyday life. The prizes are awarded for works in the countries participating in the Culture Programme.
The Prize consists of 60 000 EUR and the Special Mention consists of 20 000 EUR.
Organization
The European Commission manages the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture in cooperation with the Mies van der Rohe Foundation. The Foundation is in charge of organising the selection and the award ceremony of the Prize. The Mies van der Rohe Foundation was selected in 2008 on the basis of an open call for proposals as part of the "Special action" of the Culture Programme.
The Mies van der Rohe Foundation is based in Barcelona and is supported by a network of 15 architecture institutes and a committee of experts from 31 countries. (Website of the Prize)
To see the winners of the previous editions, click here.
