356 Projects Nominated for EU Mies Award 2017
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The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Commission announced the 356 contestants participating in the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2017 yesterday. The biannual award, which was founded in 1987 and com
356 Projects Nominated for EU Mies Award 2017
The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Commission announced the 356 contestants participating in the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2017 yesterday. The biannual award, which was founded in 1987 and comes with a prize money of €60,000, is considered the European continent’s most prestigious accolade for architects and granted to projects completed in the previous two years.According to the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, the 2017 edition sees an increase in participating countries, now 39, with Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine joining the selection for the first time. With 28 nominations each, France and Spain are at the top of the list, followed by the UK with 19 nominated projects, and 17 in Germany and Italy. Housing and buildings for cultural programs continue to dominate the selection, as do education buildings, followed by mixed used works connected to cultural and social programs.Next to a wide array of promising emerging architects and nationally established players, the 2017 nominations include contributions from firms with a high affinity to the art world, such as Studio Olafur Eliasson’s The Circle Bridge in Copenhagen, Denmark, FAT Architecture’s A House for Essex in collaboration with artist Grayson Perry in Essex, UK; or last year’s Turner Prize winners ASSEMBLE’s Granby Four Streets project in Liverpool.Among prolific international firms nominated for the award are Ateliers Jean Nouvel’s Paris Philharmonic Hall; BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group’s Museum Center Blaavand in Varde, Denmark; Caruso St John Architects’ Lycée Hotelier de Lille in Lille as well as Newport Street Gallery for Damien Hirst in London, which won the Royal Institute of British Architect’s Stirling Prize this year; COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix & Partner’s European Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany; MVRDV’s Tennisclub IJburg in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; The Fishing Hut in Hampshire, UK, by this year’s RIBA Charles Jencks Award for Architecture laureate Niall McLaughlin; O.M.A.’s Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Italy, Timmerhuis in Rotterdam and much lauded Fondazione Prada in Milan, Italy; the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Greece Kallithea by Renzo Piano Building Workshop; the Nadir Afonso Museum for Contemporary Art in Chaves, Portugal, by Álvaro Siza 2 - Arquitecto, SA; and the Investcorp Building in Oxford by Zaha Hadid Architects.“Nearly all works are constructed in an existing built environment and testify that a key challenge for contemporary architecture is the consciousness of its urban environment and a constant dialogue with cultural heritage,” Michel Magnier, Director for Culture and Creativity, DG Education and Culture of the EC said in a statement. “The nominated works are stimulating, innovative and have improved the existing conditions of their sites,” Ivan Blasi, Coordinator of the Prize, added. “They push boundaries and have set new standards based on strong collaborative and participatory strategies.”In a next step, the jury will now select 40 projects for the shortlist of which five will make it into the final round. The Award Ceremony is scheduled for May 26, 2017 in Barcelona. Click here to see all 356 nominees for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2017See winning projects for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 here. Read more
