40 selected works. EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe 2022

European Commission and Fundació Mies van der Rohe have just announced the 40 selected works that will compete in the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2022.

In the selection there are 5 projects in Spain selected for the EUMiesAward 2022 + 1 project from a Spanish team in London:

- 85 Social Housing Units in Cornellà - Barcelona
- Fabra & Coats & Social Housing in Barcelona,
- La Borda - Cooperative Housing in Barcelona,
- Recovery of Merola's Tower in Puig-Reig - Barcelona,
- Turó de la Peira's Sports Center and Layout of the Interior Urban Block in Barcelona
and
- Second Home Offices in Holland Park in London.

40 selected works. EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe 2022

The shortlisted works are spread out in 18 different European countries. 5 of them are in Austria, France, and Spain. 3 works have been built in Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Denmark, Finland, Poland and Portugal have 2 shortlisted works and the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, and Slovenia have 1 work each.

The shortlisted works are spread out in 18 different European countries. Austria has 5 shortlisted works (Neustift im Stubaital, Wiener Neustadt, Linz and 2 in Vienna), 5 more are in France (Guécélard, Romainville, Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau and 2 in Paris), and 5 in Spain (Cornellà de Llobregat, Puig-Reig and 3 in Barcelona). 3 shortlisted works can be visited in Belgium (Brussels, Ghent and Hasselt), 3 more in Germany (all in Berlin) and 3 in the United Kingdom (Helensburgh and 2 in London). There are 2 works in Denmark (Ebeltoft and Ribe), Finland (Helsinki and Vantaa), Poland (Oświęcim and Rybnik) and Portugal (both in Lisbon). The other works are in the Czech Republic (Prague), Greece (Kourouta, Amaliada), Hungary (Budapest), Italy (Turin), the Netherlands (Tilburg), Norway (Stavanger), Romania (Bucharest), and Slovenia (Ptuj).

Work name	Studio
85 Social Housing Units in Cornellà	peris+toral.arquitectes. Barcelona (SP)
Apartments building Mumuleanu 14 / Urban Space	ADN Birou de Arhitectura Bucharest (RO)
Atelierhaus C.21	Werner Neuwirth.Vienna (AT)
Dexamenes Seaside Hotel	K-Studio. Athens (GR)
Enrico Fermi School	BDR bureau. Turin (IT)
Extension and Reconstruction of the Vizafogó Kindergarten	Archikon. Budapest (HU)
Fabra & Coats & Social Housing	Roldán+Berengué, arqts. Barcelona (ES)
Frizz 23	Deadline (Britta Jürgens + Matthew Griffin). Berlin (DE)
Gare Maritime	Neutelings Riedijk Architects. Rotterdam (NL)
Gleis 21 - We bring the village to the city	einszueins architektur. Vienna (AT)
Great Synagogue Memorial Park	NArchitekTURA / Bartosz Haduch. Krakow (PL)
Helsinki Olympic Stadium Refurbishment and Extension	K2S Architects Ltd;Arkkitehdit NRT. Helsinki (FI)
Hill House Box	Carmody Groarke. London (UK)
Housing Rack / Pre-fab House in Berlin	FAR frohn&rojas. Berlin (DE)
La Borda - Cooperative Housing	Lacol. Barcelona (SP)
Local Activity Centre	Marlena Wolnik MWArchitekci. Katowice (PL)
LocHal Public Library	Civic Architects; Braaksma & Roos architectenbureau; Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse. The Hague (NL) Amsterdam (NL)
Malt Factory	Praksis; VMB restoration Architects; Kirstine Jensen landscape Architecture; Morten Skovmand Artist; Henry Jensen Engineers. Svendborg (DK) / Århus (DK)/Copenhagen (DK) /Oslo (NO) /Odense (DK)
Market Square Ptuj	Arhitektura Krušec; Studio AKKA . Ljubljana (SI)
Marquês de Abrantes' Palace	Trabalhar com os 99%, CRL (Working with the 99%, coop); ateliermob. Lisbon (PT)
Melopee Multipurpose School Building	Xaveer De Geyter Architects. Brussels (BE)
Neue Nationalgalerie	David Chipperfield Architects. Berlin (DE) /London (UK)
New Gallery and Casemates / New Bastion	Bevk Perovic arhitekti. Ljubljana (SI)
Nursery and Primary School	Atelier Julien Boidot. Paris (FR)
Pierres Blanches Cultural Centre	RAUM. Nantes (FR)
Portas do Mar - public space and car parking	Carrilho da Graça, arquitectos. Lisbon (PT)
Prague Eyes - Riverfront Revitalisation	Petr Janda / brainwork. Prague (CZ)
Railway Farm	Grand Huit; Melanie Drevet Paysagiste. Paris (FR)
Recovery of Merola's Tower	Carles Enrich Studio. Barcelona (SP)
Revitalization of a Town House	mia2 ARCHITEKTUR. Linz (AT)
School Campus Neustift	fasch&fuchs.architekten. Vienna (AT)
Second Home Offices in Holland Park	selgascano . Madrid (ES)
Student Residence and Reversible Car Park	BAUKUNST; BRUTHER. Brussels (BE) / Lausanne (CH) / Bordeaux (FR)
Tikkurila Church and Housing	OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture. Helsinki / Seinäjoki (FI)
Town House, Kingston University	Grafton Architects. Dublin (IE)
Turó de la Peira's Sports Center and Layout of the Interior Urban Block	Arquitectura Anna Noguera; J2J architects. Barcelona (SP)
Vertical Farm	ilimelgo; Secousses Architectes Paris/Rennes (FR)
Vindmøllebakken	Helen & Hard. Stavanger / Oslo (NO)
Wadden Sea Centre	Dorte Mandrup A/S. Copenhagen (DK)
Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture	Frances ca Torzo. Genoa (IT)

The five finalists will be announced on 16 February 2022.

The Architecture and Emerging Winners will be announced in mid-April in Brussels.

The EU Mies Award Day that comprises the Awards Ceremony, will take place in May 2022 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, in a day-long-event that will include lectures by the authors of the winning and finalist works, discussions with the architects, clients, policymakers and jury members; the exhibition with the 532 works participating in the EU Mies Award 2022; and the events of the Barcelona Architecture Week that include the International Architecture Film Festival among many others.