Five Finalists for EU Mies Award 2015
John Hill
25. February 2015
All photographs courtesy of EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award
At a press conference in London today, the five finalists were announced for the 2015 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award.
Two museums, a concert hall, a winery and a school are in the running for the prestigious award, which will be given out on the 8th of May at the Barcelona Pavilion. Between now and then the members of the jury will visit the five finalist works, taking in the architecture but also gathering first-hand accounts from the buildings' users. On the 7th of May, the architects will present their projects, their last chance in convincing the jury their building should be the winner.
The 5 finalists, presented below in alphabetical order of the country where they are located, were selected from a shortlist of 40 works determined by the jury from a much longer list of 420 nominated works. Click the project names for more information found on the EU Mies Award website.
Danish Maritime Museum, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group (Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj)
Danish Maritime Museum
Helsingør, Denmark
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Danish Maritime Museum, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group (Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj)
Ravensburg Art Museum, Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei (Photo: Roland Halbe)
Ravensburg Art Museum
Ravensburg, Germany
Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei
Ravensburg Art Museum, Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei (Photo: Roland Halbe)
Antinori Winery, Archea Associati (Photo: Pietro Svorelli)
Antinori Winery
San Casciano Val di Pesa, Florence, Italy
ArcheaAssociati
Antinori Winery, Archea Associati (Photo: Pietro Svorelli)
Philarmonic Hall Szczecin, Barozzi / Veiga (Photo: Simon Menges)
Philarmonic Hall Szczecin
Szczecin, Poland
Barozzi / Veiga
Philarmonic Hall Szczecin, Barozzi / Veiga (Photo: Simon Menges)
Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics, O'Donnell + Tuomey (Photo: Dennis Gilbert)
Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics
London, United Kingdom
O’Donnell + Tuomey