The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies 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]
| Year | Winning Building | Shortlisted Buildings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Banco Borges e Irmão Vila do Conde Architect(s): Alvaro Siza | |||
| 1990 | New Stansted Airport Terminal London Architect(s): Foster + Partners | |||
| 1992 | Municipal Sports Stadium Badalona, BarcelonaArchitect(s): Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius | |||
| 1994 | Waterloo International railway station London Architect(s): Nicholas Grimshaw | |||
| 1996 | Bibliothèque Nationale de France ParisArchitect(s): Dominique Perrault | |||
| 1998 | Kunsthaus Bregenz BregenzArchitect(s): Peter Zumthor Other finalists | |||
| 2001 | Kursaal Centre San Sebastián Architect(s): Rafael Moneo Other finalists | |||
| 2003 | Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North Hoenheim, Strasbourg Architect(s): Zaha Hadid Other finalists | |||
| 2005 | Netherlands Embassy Berlin Berlin Architect(s): Rem Koolhaas Other finalists | |||
| 2007 | Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León León Architect(s): Mansilla+Tuñón Arquitectos Other finalists | |||
| 2009 | Norwegian National Opera and Ballet OsloArchitect(s): Snøhetta Other finalists | |||
| 2011 | Neues Museum[3] Berlin Architect(s): David Chipperfield Other finalists | |||
| 2013 | Harpa concert hall[4]  ReykjavíkArchitect(s): Henning Larsen Architects and Studio Olafur Eliasson Other finalists | |||
| 2015 | Szczecin Philharmonic Hall[5]  SzczecinArchitect(s): Barozzi Veiga Other finalists | |||
| 2017 | DeFlat Kleiburg Amsterdam Architect(s): NL Architects and XVW architectuur Other finalists | |||
| 2019 | Transformation of 530 dwellings — Grand Parc Bordeaux Bordeaux Architect(s): Lacaton & VassalOther finalists | |||
| 2022 | Town House – Kingston University[6]  Kingston upon ThamesGrafton ArchitectsOther finalists | |||
| 2024 | Study Pavilion on the campus of TU Braunschweig[7] Braunschweig Gustav Düsing, Büro Max Hacke Other finalists | |||
| Year | Architect(s) | Building | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Florian Nagler | Kaufmann Holz AG Center of distribution | Bobingen | ||
| 2003 | Jürgen Mayer H. | Stadthaus Scharnhauser Park | Ostfildern | ||
| 2005 | NL Architects | BasketBar | Utrecht | ||
| 2007 | Bevk Perovic arhitekti | Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics | Ljubljana | ||
| 2009 | Studio UP | Gymnasium 46° 09' N / 16° 50' E | Koprivnica | ||
| 2011 | Bosch.Capdeferro Arquitectures | Collage House | Girona | ||
| 2013 | Langarita-Navarro Architects | Red Bull Music Academy | Madrid | ||
| 2015 | ARQUITECTURA-G | Casa Luz | Cilleros | ||
| 2017 | MSA and V+ | NAVEZ - 5 social units as Northern entrance of Brussels |  Brussels |