383 works competing in the EU MIES AWARD 2019!

383 works from 238 cities in 38 countries have been nominated by 76 independent experts, the national architecture associations and the Prize Advisory Committee.

3 new countries were invited to participate to the Prize, after joining the EC Creative Europe programme: Armenia, Kosovo and Tunisia. Kosovo is competing for the first time with 3 works in Pristina.

The Jury will be formed by Dorte Mandrup (Chairwoman), George Arbid, Angelika Fitz, Ștefan Ghenciulescu, Kamiel Klaasse, María Langarita and Frank McDonald. 

Buildings related to culture continue forming the biggest group of works with 15% of the total (4% less than in 2017), followed by mixed-use buildings with 14% (2,5% more than in 2017). These two groups are followed by collective and single housing and education facilities, which represent 10% each. Collective housing has increased 2%, a substantial increase with regard to the previous cycles of the Prize.

9% of the works are transnational works in which architects from one country have built in another one, usually teaming up with local partners. This represents a low decrease from 2017 (1% less) but the figure has been pretty constant since 2009, with 35-40 cross-border works.

12% of the works have been built in large metropolitan areas with more than 3 million inhabitants. This includes cities such as Budapest, Warsaw, Kiev, Athens, Milan, Barcelona, Berlin, Madrid, Paris and London. 26% of the works are in cities with a population between 500.000 and 3 milion inhabitants and 37% of them are in towns with 20.000 to 500.000 inhabitants. The other 22% of the works are in villages with less than 20.000 inhabitants, including the Castra Rubra Winery Guest House in Kolarovo, Bulgaria, a village with 17 inhabitants which is the smallest location with a nominated work. 3% of the works are isolated.

500,000 or more inhabitants 39% 100,000 - 499,000 inhabitants 22% 50,000 - 99,999 inhabitants 7% 20,000 - 49,999 inhabitants 8% 10,000 - 19,999 inhabitants 4% 5,000 - 9,999 inhabitants 3% 2,000 - 4,999 inhabitants 7% 1,000 - 1,999 inhabitants 3% 500 - 999 inhabitants 2% 200 - 499 inhabitants 1% < 200 inhabitants 1% Non inhabited areas 3%

The northernmost work is the Skreda Roadside Rest Area (Norway) by Manthey Kula Arkitekter, the southernmost work is the Laniteio Lyceum (Cyprus) by Armeftis & Associates. The easternmost works are the buildings in Tbilisi and the westernmost work is the Chapel of Eternal Light (Portugal) by Bernardo Rodrigues.