European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture

The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, until 1998, Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture is an architectural award, the 1987 by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Foundation Mies van der Rohe - was launched in Barcelona. It is named after the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and is awarded every two years. The award is endowed with 60,000 euros and is considered the most prestigious European Architecture Prize.

Foundation Mies van der Rohe

The Foundation, which awards the prize is based in Barcelona and also manages one of the most famous buildings of Mies van der Rohe: the so-called Barcelona pavilion at the World Exhibition in Barcelona served as the German Pavilion of 1929 and was then terminated the contract. The Foundation was established in 1983 to re- create the pavilion and make it accessible to the public since 1986.

Award winners

  • 2001: Rafael Moneo for the Kursaal in San Sebastián, Spain
  • 2003: Zaha Hadid for the car park and terminus Hoenheim Gare tram Strasbourg, France
  • 2005: Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon (Office for Metropolitan Architecture ) for the construction of the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, Germany
  • 2007: Mansilla Tuñón Arquitectos ( Emilio Álvarez Tuñon Luis Moreno Mansilla ) for the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León ( MUSAC ) in Leon, Spain
  • 2009: Snøhetta for the construction of the National Opera and Ballet House in Oslo, Norway
  • 2011: David Chipperfield for the reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin.
  • 2013: Henning Larsen Architects with Batteríið Architects and Olafur Eliasson for the concert hall Harpa in Reykjavík.
  • 2001: Florian Nagler for the distribution center of the Kaufmann Holz AG in Bobingen ( near Augsburg ), Germany
  • 2003: Jürgen Mayer H. Scharnhauser for the townhouse Park in Ostfildern (near Stuttgart), Germany
  • 2005: NL Architects ( Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk, Kamiel Klaasse, Mark Linnemann ) for the Basketbar in Utrecht, Netherlands
  • 2007: Bevk Perovic arhitekti ( Matija Bevk, Vasa J. Perovic ) for the faculty building of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 2009: Studio UP (Lea Pelivan, Toma Plejic ) for the sports hall in Koprivnica, Croatia
  • 2011: bosch.capdeferro arquitectures (Bet Capdeferro, Ramon Bosch ) for the Casa Collage in Girona, Spain
  • 2013: Langarita - Navarro Arquitectos ( María Langarita, Víctor Navarro ) for the Nave de Música in Matadero in Madrid, Spain
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