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European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award Background Information In 1987, the European Commission, together with the European Parliament and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, created the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture. In 2001, as part of the Culture 2000 programme, this Award led to the creation of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture awarded every two years. The Award is awarded to recent works, less than two years old, produced in countries covered by the Culture 2000 programme 1 . The purpose of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award is to acknowledge excellence and conceptual, technical and constructional innovation. The European Commission created the Award with the aim of fostering greater understanding, on the part of the public in general as well as institutions and the private sector, of architecture’s cultural role in the construction of European cities. Additional aims are to create professional opportunities for architects throughout the Union, as well as to provide support for young architects who have just embarked on their careers. To further this latter objective, the Award includes an Emerging Architect Special Mention. The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award consists of a cash prize of €50,000, while the Emerging Architect Special Mention is endowed with €10,000. Along with the cash prizes, the winners will also be awarded with a sculpture by the Catalan artist Xavier Corberó inspired by the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, one of the 20 th century’s major architectural works. The works awarded the Award and the special mention along with all the works selected by the jury for their outstanding qualities are presented in an exhibition and published in the Award catalogue. 1 Member states of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom; in addition the EEA/EFTA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway; the acceding countries: Romania, Bulgaria,Turkey; and the candidate countries: Croatia and the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). 22
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 Winner of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2005 Netherlands Embassy Berlin, Germany Office for Metropolitan Architecture / Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon 2003 Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North, Strasbourg, France Zaha Hadid 2001 Kursaal Centre, San Sebastián, Spain Rafael Moneo Emerging Architect Special Mention Previous Winners 2005 BasketBar, Utrecht, The Netherlands NL Architects / Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk, Kamiel Klaasse, Mark Linnemann 2003 Scharnhauser Park Town Hall, Ostfildern, Germany Jürgen Mayer H. 2001 Kaufmann Holz Distribution Centre, Bobingen, Germany Florian Nagler Winners of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award for European Architecture: 1999 Bregenz Art Museum, Bregenz, Austria Peter Zumthor 1997 Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France Dominique Perrault 1994 Waterloo Station, London, United Kingdom Nicholas Grimshaw / Nicholas Grimshaw & Associates 1992 Municipal Sports Stadium, Badalona, Spain Esteve Bonell, Francesc Rius 1990 Stansted Airport Terminal, London, United Kingdom Norman Foster / Norman Foster & Associates 1988 Banco Borges e Irmão, Vila do Conde, Portugal Álvaro Siza Vieira 23
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