The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe are proud to announce the 40 shortlisted works that will compete in the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.
The Jury – Dorte Mandrup, George Arbid, Angelika Fitz, Ștefan Ghenciulescu, Kamiel Klaasse, María Langarita and Frank McDonald – met over three days in Barcelona to discuss the most relevant challenges that European contemporary society and its architecture are facing.
 
383 works were nominated for the award and the expert Jury drew up the final shortlist. The 40 shortlisted works are:
 
Name Program Work country Work city Offices Office city
Skanderbeg Square Urban planning AL Tirana 51N4E, Plant en Houtgoed, Anri Sala, iRI Brussels, Tirana, Leuven, Tirana
House of Music Innsbruck Mixed use AT Innsbruck Erich Strolz, Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten Innsbruck, Bregenz
Aspern Federal School Education AT Vienna fasch&fuchs.architekten Vienna
Performative Brise- Soleil Collective housing AT Vienna StudioVlayStreeruwitz ZT-GMBH Vienna
Residential care center KAPELLEVELD Social welfare BE Ternat architecten de vylder vinck taillieu Ghent
PC CARITAS Health BE Melle architecten de vylder vinck taillieu Ghent
Ryhove Urban Factory Industrial BE Ghent Trans Ghent
De Krook library Education BE Ghent Coussée & Goris architecten, RCR Arquitectes Ghent, Olot
Residential and studio building at the former Berlin flower market Collective housing DE Berlin Ifau, HEIDE & VON BECKERATH Berlin, Berlin
Terracehouse Berlin Mixed use DE Berlin Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon, Muck Petzet Architekten Berlin, Munich
Streetmekka Viborg Sport and leisure DK Viborg EFFEKT Copenhagen
Hammershus Visitors Centre Culture DK Hammershus Arkitema Architects, Christoffer Harlang Aarhus, Hellerup
LEGO House Culture DK Billund BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group Copenhagen
Arvo Pärt centre Culture EE Laulasmaa Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos Madrid
Life Reusing Posidonia/ 14 social dwellings in Sant Ferran, Formentera Collective housing ES Sant Ferran de ses Roques IBAVI Palma
Civic Centre Lleialtat Santsenca Culture ES Barcelona HARQUITECTES Sabadell
Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre Culture ES Plasencia selgascano Madrid
Desert City Mixed use ES Madrid GARCIAGERMAN ARQUITECTOS Madrid
House 1413 Single house ES Ullastret HARQUITECTES Sabadell
Solo House Single house ES Matarranya OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen Brussels
Helsinki Central Library Oodi Education FI Helsinki ALA Architects Ltd. Helsinki
The Perret Hall - Cultural Centre Culture FR Montataire Atelier d'architecture Pierre Hebbelinck, HBAAT - HELEEN HART — MATHIEU BERTELOOT Liege, Lille 
Museum of Arts, Nantes Culture FR Nantes Stanton Williams Architects London
E26 (school refectory) Education FR Montbrun-Bocage BAST  Toulouse
‘Théodore Gouvy’ Theatre in Freyming-Merlebach Culture FR Freyming-Merlebach Dominique Coulon et associés Strasbourg
Transformation of 530 dwellings - Grand Parc Bordeaux Collective Housing FR Bordeaux Frédéric Druot Architecture, Lacaton & Vassal architectes, Christophe Hutin Architecture Bordeaux, Paris, Bordeaux
ENSAE PARISTECH, Campus Paris-Saclay Education FR Paris CAB ARCHITECTES (CALORI AZIMI BOTINEAU) Nice
Lafayette Anticipations Culture FR Paris O.M.A. Rotterdam
St. Mary's Medieval Mile Museum Culture IE Kilkenny McCullough Mulvin Architects Dublin
14 Henrietta Street Culture IE Dublin Shaffrey Architects Dublin
M9 Museum District Culture IT Venice Sauerbruch Hutton Berlin
Prada productive headquarter Industry IT Arezzo Canali associati s.r.l. Parma
Musis Sacrum Culture NL Arnhem van Dongen – Koschuch Architects and Planners. Amsterdam
Visitor center park Vijversburg Culture NL Leeuwarden STUDIO MAKS with the collaboration of Junya Ishigami & Ass. Rotterdam
Silesia University's Radio and Television department Education PL Katowice BAAS arquitectura, Grupa 5 Architekci, Małeccy Biuro Projektowe Barcelona, Warsaw, Katowice
Lisbon Cruise Terminal Infrastructure PT Lisbon Carrilho da Graça Lisbon
Restoration, refurbishment of the headquarters of the order of architects of Romania. Bucharest branch Office RO Bucharest STARH - Birou de arhitectura (Florian & Iulia Stanciu) Bucharest
Occidentului 40 Collective Housing RO Bucharest ADN Birou de Arhitectura Bucharest
Reconstruction of Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade Culture RS Belgrade nooto, Dejan Todorović architect Belgrade, Belgrade
Adaptation of the former factory Mlynica Mixed use SK Bratislava GutGut Bratislava

 

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Published on: January 16, 2019
Cite: "The Jury Shortlists the 40 Works of the EU Mies Award 2019" METALOCUS. Accessed February 13, 2025
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