In this way, the Award
draws attention to the major contribution by European
professionals to the development of new ideas and technologies.
At the same time, it offers both individuals and public
institutions an opportunity to reach a clearer understanding
of the cultural role of architecture in the construction
of our cities. Furthermore, the Award sets out to foster
architecture in two significant ways: by stimulating
greater circulation of professional architects throughout
the entire European Union in response to transnational
commissions and by supporting young architects as they
set off on their careers.
Candidates for the Award are put forward by a broad
group of independent experts from all over Europe, as
well as from the architects' associations that form
part of the European Council of Architects and other
European national architects' associations. At each
two-yearly edition, the jury selects two works: one
that receives the European Union Prize for Contemporary
Architecture in recognition of its conceptual, technical
and constructional qualities, and the other that receives
the Emerging Architect Special Mention. The jury also
selects a set of finalist works to be included in both
the Award catalogue and exhibition.
The Award consists of a cash prize of 50,000€
and a sculpture evoking Mies van der Rohe's German Pavilion.
The Special Mention is endowed with 10,000€ and
a sculpture evoking the Pavilion, the genuine symbol
of the Award. Regarded as one of the best architectural
works of the twentieth century, the Pavilion embodies
the main objectives that led to the institution of the
Award: excellence and innovation in conceptual and constructional
terms.
The Fundació publishes a catalogue, which features
the winning and finalist entries, for each edition of
the Award.
Advisory committee
Arc en rêve centre d'architecture, Bordeaux
Architecture Foundation, London
Architektur Zentrum Wien, Vienna
Berlage Institute, Rotterdam
Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Dansk Arkitektur Center Gammel Dok, Copenhagen
DESSA, Ljubljana
Deutsches Architektur - Museum, Frankfurt
EUROPAN, Paris
Institut français d'architecture, Paris
Nederlands Architectuurinstituut, Rotterdam
Suomen Rakennustaiteen Museo, Helsinki
Triennale di Milano, Milan
List of winners
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies
van der Rohe Award
2005 Edition
Awarded work
Netherlands Embassy Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Office for Metropolitan Architecture / Rem Koolhaas,
Ellen van Loon
Emerging Architect Special Mention
Basket Bar
Utrecht, The Netherlands
NL Architects / Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk,
Kamiel Klaasse, Mark Linnemann
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