Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 shortlist announced

Five buildings have been shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013, including a nursing home in Portugal and the Harpa Concert and Conference Centre in Iceland.

The Mies van der Rohe Award is the most prestigious accolade in European architecture and is awarded to the best building completed in the last two years by a European architect. The five finalists competing for the €60 000 prize are:

» City Hall, Ghent, Belgium, by Robbrecht en Daem architecten and Marie-José Van Hee architecten

» Superkilen, Copenhagen, Denmark, by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group; Topotek1; Superflex

» Harpa – Reykjavik Concert Hall & Conference Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland, by Batteríid architects, Henning Larsen Architects and Studio Olafur Eliasson

» House for Elderly People, Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, by Aires Mateus Arquitectos

» Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain, by J. Mayer H.

vía Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 shortlist announced.

Cinco finalistas para el Premio Mies europeo

El ganador se dará a conocer a principios de mayo y el premio se entregará en el mítico Pabellón de Barcelona.

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