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 |