The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe are proud to announce the 40 shortlisted works that will compete in the 2024 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards.

Specifically, among the finalists there are 4 studios from Madrid with the works: the Reggio School in Madrid (ANDRES JAQUE / OFFICE FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION); the Munch Museum in Oslo (studioHerreros); the Bohinj Kindergarten in Slovenia (KAL A with ARREA); and the Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona (SUMA Arquitectura). The studio of Óscar Miguel Ares, from Valladolid, is the author of the Municipal Swimming Pools in Castromonte, Castilla y León. In addition, there are also four other Catalan studies authored by: the 42 Social Housing in Son Servera, Mallorca (Peris+Toral); the Day Center for Young People with autism in Derio, Vizcaya (AV62 Arquitectos); the 1737 Social Housing in Gavà (Harquitectes) and the 1306-story Plantel for Timisoara, Romania (MAIO with Studio Nomadic and Studio Peisaj).
The EUmies Awards for Architecture and Emerging are granted biennially to works completed within the previous two years. The principal objective is to highlight and disseminate todays shared culture of architecture in Europe through works that create high-quality living environments for everyone.The 2024 edition counts with 362 nominees which were thoroughly analysed and discussed by the jury to obtain a shortlist of 40 for the next phase of the prize.

The shortlisted works are spread out in 20 different European countries. Spain has 6 shortlisted works (Barcelona, Castromonte, Derio, Gavà, Madrid and Son Servera), 4 are in Belgium (Anderlecht, Antwerp, Dilbeek and Sint-Jans-Molenbeek), 4 are in Germany (two in Berlin, Braunschweig and Karlsruhe), 3 in Croatia (Cret Viljevski, Osekova and Zagreb), 3 in France (Grasse, Santa Lucia d’Attallà and Saint-Méen- Le Gard), 3 in Portugal (Coimbra, Piódao and Porto), 2 in Austria (both in Vienna), 2 in Slovenia (Bohinjska Bistrica and Satre Slemene-Slovenske Konjice), 2 in Sweden (Lund and Stockholm), and 1 in Czechia (Ostrava), 1 in Estonia (Tartu), 1 in Georgia (Tbilisi), 1 in Greece (Samos), 1 in Ireland (Dublin), 1 in Italy (Auronzo di Cadore), 1 in The Netherlands (Almere), 1 in Norway (Oslo), 1 in Poland (Blonie), 1 in Romania (Timisoara) and 1 in Slovakia (Bratislava).

The works are distributed throughout different urban environments. 7 works are in villages with less than 500 inhabitants, including the Black Slovanian eco pig farm (SKROZ) in Cret Viljevski which counts with 51 inhabitants and the Bivouac Fanton (DEMOGO) which stands in the Dolomite mountains by itself. 13 other works are in cities with less than 100.000 inhabitants which means that half of the works are in relatively small urban congregations and only six works (15%) are in metropolis bigger than 1 million inhabitants.
 
Name of work
 
Architecture studio
 
City of the work
 
IKEA Viena western station / IKEA – the good neighbour in the city querkraft architekten ZT gmbh Vienna
 
Townhouse Neubaugasse PSLA Architekten Vienna
 
Amal Amjahid - community facility along the canal in Molenbeek &bogdan Sint-Jans- Molenbeek / Molenbeek- Saint-Jean
Open air swimming pool FLOW Decoratelier Jozef Wouters; POOL IS COOL Anderlecht
Fire Station, Multi- Purpose Space, and Emergency Housing Studio SNCDA Dilbeek
Het Steen noAarchitecten Antwerp
 
Plato Contemporary Art Gallery KWK Promes Ostrava
Light Rail Tunnel allmannwappner Karlsruhe
Floating University Floating e.V. Association Berlín
Building Community Kurfürstenstrasse June14 Meyer- Grohbrügge & Chermayeff
 
Berlín
Study Pavilion on the campus of the Technical University of Braunschweig Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke Braunschweig
 
Son of a Shingle – Vaksali pedestrian bridge PART architects Tartu
LIVING IN LIME - 42 social housing in Son Servera peris + toral Son Servera
Day centre for young people with autism spectrum disorder AV62 Arquitectos Derio
Municipal Pools in Castromonte Óscar Miguel Ares Castromonte
Gabriel García Márquez Library SUMA arquitectura
 
Barcelona
 
Social housing 1737 Harquitectes Gavà
Reggio School ANDRES JAQUE / OFFPOLIN
 
Madrid
Refurbishment and extension of a community swimming pool RAUM Saint-Méen- Le-Grand
Rebirth of the Convent Saint-François Amelia Tavella Architectes
 
Sainte-Lucie- de- Tallano/Santa Lucia di Tallà
 
Média Library Charles Nègre Beaudouin Architectes; Ivry Serres Architectur
 
Grasse/Grassa
 
Tbilisi Urban Forest (Narikala Ridge Forest) Ruderal Tiblisi
Liknon K-Studio Samos
RIDING HALL Land RegistryDepartment of the Municipal Civil Court in Zagreb MORE arhitekture d.o.o. Zagreb
Black Slavonian eco pig farm SKROZ d.o.o. Cret Viljevski
Lonja Wetlands Wildlife Observatories and Visitor Centre roth&čerina
 
Osekovo
Annesley Gardens Metropolitan Workshop LLP Dublín
Bivouac Fanton DEMOGO studio di architettura Auronzo di Cadore
Art Pavilion M. Studio Ossidiana Almere
Munch Museum estudioHerreros Oslo
Targ Blonie_Food Market Pracownia Architektoniczna Aleksandra Wasilkowska Błonie
Escadinhas Footpaths Paulo Moreira Architectures + Verkron Matosinhos
Square and Tourist Office Branco del Rio Piódão
General Silveira Building ATA Atelier ENTRETEMPOS Porto
Nursery. 1306 plants for Timisoara MAIO; Studio Nomadic; Studio Peisaj Timisoara
Hage Brendeland & Kristoffersen architects Lund
Liljevalchs+ Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB Stockholm
 
Covering the remains of the Church of St. John the Baptist in the Žiče Charterhouse MEDPROSTOR, arhitekturni atelje d.o.o. Stare Slemene, Slovenske Konjice
Bohinj Kindergarten KAL A; ARREA architecture Bohinjska Bistrica
Reconstruction and extension of the Slovak National Gallery Architekti B.K.P.Š.
 
Bratislava

The Architecture and Emerging Winners will be announced in mid-April y The EUmies Awards Day including the Awards Ceremony, will take place on May 13/14, 2024, at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona.

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Published on: January 18, 2024
Cite: "40 selected works. EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe 2024" METALOCUS. Accessed
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