Mies van der Rohe Awards 2009, Shortlist, Buildings, News, Winners, Architects
Mies van der Rohe Award Nominations 2009
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
10 Feb 2009
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
Mies van der Rohe Award Winners 1988-2007 : News re Finalists
Mies van der Rohe Award Winner, 2009
The Norwegian Opera & Ballet, Oslo (Norway)
Design: Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Tarald Lundevall, Craig Dykers / Snøhetta
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picture : Jens Passoth
Norwegian Operahouse
Mies van der Rohe Award Lectures
2009 Nominations, listed by country, alphabetical:
Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 Nominations A-H
Mies van der Rohe Award Nominations I-Z (this page)
Icelandic Buildings
Hof Residence, Skakafjordur fjord
Studio Granda
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Hof Residence
Irish Buildings
Brookfield Community and Youth Centre, Dublin
Hassett Ducatez Architects
Egan’s Coffee Bar & Roof Terrace, Laois
Architecture53seven Architects
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Egan’s Coffee Bar
Elmpark Mixed-Use Development, Dublin
Bucholz McEvoy Architects
Mimetic House, Dromaheir
Dominic Stevens Architect
34 Palmerston Road, Dublin
Boyd Cody Architects
34 Palmerston Road
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny
MacGabhann Architects
Sean O’ Casey Community Centre, Dublin
O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects
Sean O’ Casey Community Centre
Sleeping Giant, Dublin
O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects
Italian Buildings
Domus Radicalis, Bolzano
Metrogramma – Andrea Boschetti & Alberto Francini srl
Golden Building, Montesarchio – Benevento
gambardellarchitetti
Historical Archive and Library of Palermo
Studio Italo Rota
House on the Roof, Milan
m&a – mutti&architetti
Il Kilometro Rosso – Brembo Headquarters, Bergamo
Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Library of Nembro, Bergamo
Archea Associati
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano
KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike
Nuovo Portello Housing, Milan
Cino Zucchi Architetti
Pius IX Library, Natzweiler-Struthof
King Roselli Architetti
Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande, Venice
Santiago Calatrava
Reggio Nell’Emilia Central Motorway Bridge, Reggio Emilia
Santiago Calatrava
San Giacomo Parish Complex, Foligno
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
Twin Complex (Piccola Perrera + Fitzcarraldo), Grammichele, Catania, Sicily
NOWA (NavarraOfficeWalkingArchitecture)
, Milan
Grafton Architects
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picture : Federico Brunetti
University Luigi Bocconi
Water Filtration Plant, Venice
C+S ASSOCIATI
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photograph : Pietro Savorelli
Water Filtration Plant Venice
Latvian Buildings
Detached House, Jurmala
Architectural practice ARHIS
Majori Primary school Sports ground, Jurmala
Substance SIA
Multi-storey apartment & office building, Hospitalu street 23, Riga
Architectural bureau “Silis, Zabers & Klava”
Office Building Latvijas Krajbanka, Riga
Architectural Bureau SARMA & NORDE
Office Building Kipsala, Riga
ARHITEKTONIKA design group Ltd
Printing-house BRITANIA, Riga
Architectural practice ARHIS
Lithuanian Buildings
Headquarters of Prosecutors office, Vilnius
KLAP – Kestutis Lupeikis Architectural Projects
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Prosecutors Office Vilnius
Kaunas Airport Passenger Terminal
UAB Architektu Biuras G.Natkevicius ir Partneriai
Kaunas University of Medicine Library & Health Sciences Information Center
G. Janulytes-Bernotienes studio
Multifunctional sports arena, Siauliai
E. Miliuno studija
Public Library of A.& M. Miškiniai, Utena
4plius architects
Villa N, Vilnius
Audrius Ambrasas Architects
Weekend and Conference Centre, Kitzbühel
Architect D.Ciuta studio
Luxembourg Buildings
Dominique Perrault
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Cour de Justice Luxembourg
Clubhouse ‘Stade Albert Kongs’ Reconstruction & Extension
Bruck + Weckerle Architekten
European Investment Bank
Ingenhoven Architects
Rehazenter Luxembourg, National Functional Re-education & Rehabilitation Centre
m3 architectes
The Water Tower, Leudelange
SchemelWirtz architectes
Maltese Buildings
The Garden of Apollo, St Julians
Richard England
Malta Maritime Authority Trade Centre, Marsa
Architecture Project
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picture © David Pisani / METROPOLIS
Malta Maritime Authority Centre
two twentytwo, Valletta
Chris Briffa Architects
Norwegian Buildings
Bjørnholt Upper Secondary School, Oslo
Narud-Stokke-Wiig AS Sivilarkitekter MNAL
Boxhome, Oslo
Rintala Eggertsson Architects
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Boxhome
Geopark, Stavanger
Helen & Hard
Gudbrandsjuvet Viewingplatform, Valldal
JSA
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image : Jensen & Skodvin Architects
Gudbrandsjuvet Viewing platform
The Lantern
Atelier Oslo
National Museum of Architecture, Oslo
Sverre Fehn Architect
Oslo Operahouse
Snøhetta
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photo : Statsbygg
Norwegian Operahouse
Pålsbu Hydro Power Station – Generator Chamber, Tunhovd, Buskerud
Manthey Kula
Pulpit Mountain Lodge, Stavanger
Helen & Hard
Sohlbergplassen viewpoint
Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk
Polish Buildings
Apartment House, Warsaw
Bulanda, Mucha Architects Sp. z o.o.
CO2-SAVER Sustainable House on Lake Laka
Piotr Kuczia
National Museum of the Przemysl Region, Przemysl
KKM Kozien Architekci
Open-Air Museum of Rural Architecture – Admin Building, Opole
db2 architekci
OUTrial House, Ksíazenice
KWK Promes
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OUTrial House
Safe House
KWK Promes
Science and Musical Education Center SYMPHONY, Katowice
Konior Studio
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SYMPHONY Katowice
University of Technology – The Integrated Student Centre, Wroclaw
Manufaktura Nr 1
Portuguese Buildings
Ar de Rio Esplanade Pavilion, Vila Nova de Gaia
menos e mais/vieira de campos+cristina guedes
Capelinhos, Volcano Interpretation Center, Horta, Fayal Island, Azores
Nuno Ribeiro Lopes, Arquitectos Lda
Corno de Bico’s Nature Interpretation Centre, Paredes de Coura
Atelier da Bouça, Filipa Guerreiro e Tiago Correia, arquitectos
Escola Secundária D. Dinis, Lisbon
Bak Gordon, arquitectos
Loures Municipal Archive, Loures
Fernando Martins
Municipal Library, Viana do Castelo
Álvaro Siza 2 – Arquitecto
Museu do Farol de Santa Marta, Cascais, Lisbon
camara municipal de cascais
Quinta de Bouçós Remodelling, Valença do Minho
Nuno Brandão Costa Arquitecto, Unipessoal lda
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photograph : Arménio Teixeira
Quinta de Bouçós
Sanctuary of Fatima – Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Fatima
A. N. Tombazis & Associates Architects (Meletitiki ltd)
School of Music of the Polytechnic Institute, Lisbon
João Luis Carrilho da Graça, JLCG arquitectos lda.
Tomar EMIO – Tomar Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Offices
EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Torre Burgo, Porto
Souto de Moura – Arquitectos, S.A.
Tourism Information Centre, S. Martinho do Porto, Alcobaça
Falcão de Campos Arquitecto
Romanian Buildings
Boarding house, Salciua de Jos village, Alba County
Studio Kim Bucsa Diaconu
Bosco Club Holiday Apartments Building
Soare & Yokina Arhitecti Asociati SRL
City Business Centre Offices Building, Timisoara
SC Andreescu & Gaivoronschi SRL
House, Voluntary Village, Bucharest
S.C. PRODID s.r.l.
Lake House, Bucharest
ARTLINE
Sala Atelier – National Theatre, Iasi
Arch. Angelo Roventa
Serbian Buildings
Holiday Inn & Expocenter XXI, New Belgrade
proASPEKT
House, Belgrade
studio Mit-Arh
National reference laboratories – Admin building, Belgrade
AGM
Porsche Office Building, Belgrade
BIRO.VIA d.o.o
TEXTIL Commercial Building, Užice
Studio NEO Arhitekti
Slovakian Buildings
City Sport Hall, Nitra
BARAK architekti
Octopus Habitat Multifunctional House, Bratislava
GRIDO, architektura & design, s.r.o.
Old mill area, Nitra
In Antis s.r.o.
Patiohouse, Bratislava_Rusovce, Bratislava
± architects
TRIANGOLO, Nitra
MATUŠIK
Slovenian Buildings
Farewell Chapel, Teharje Cemetery, Teharje
Arhitektura Krusec
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photo © Tomaz Gregoric
Farewell Chapel
Football Stadium Maribor
Ofis Arhitekti
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Football Stadium Maribor
Hayrack apartments, Cerklje
Ofis Arhitekti
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Hayrack apartments
Kindergarten & School Extension, Kidricevo
Mojca Gregorski, Ajda Vogelnik Saje
Metal Recycling Plant, Odpad Pivka
dekleva gregoric arhitekti
School of Economics Murska Sobota
IZTR d.o.o.
Shopping Roof apartments, Bohinj. Bistrica
Ofis Arhitekti
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Shopping Roof apartments
Two Villas Koseze, Ljubljana
Sadar Vuga Arhitekti d.o.o
Spanish Buildings
11 March Memorial – Atocha Train Station Memorial
estudio de arquitectura fam
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11 March Memorial
39 Housing of Private Promotion, Ceuta
Morales de Giles Arquitectos
Arts Center, Coruña
aceboxalonso architects
Auditorium Theater of La Vila Joiosa, Alicante
José Mª Torres Nadal y Antonio Marquerie Tamayo
Basque Health Department Headquarters, Bilbao
Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
Bell-Lloc Winery, Palamós
RCR Aranda Pigem Vilalta Arquitectes
Campus Audiovisual / Diagonal 197, Barcelona
David Chipperfield Architects / b720 arquitectos
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photograph : Christian Richters
City of Justice Barcelona
, Madrid
Design: Foreign Office Architects
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photograph © Sérgio Padura
Carabanchel Housing
House among the Pines, Murcia
XPIRAL Architecture
La Rioja technology transfer centre, Logroño, La Rioja, north Spain
Design: Foreign Office Architects
Library, Senior Citizens’ Centre & City Block Core Zone, Barcelona
RCR Aranda Pigem Vilalta Arquitectes
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photo : Hisao Suzuki
Sant Antoni’s Buildings
Peripheral Prototype Nº2, Madrid
jacobo garcia-german asociados
SyV Tower, Madrid
Rubio & Álvarez-Sala estudio de arquitectura
Teatro del Canal, Madrid Region Performing Arts Center, Madrid
Navarro Baldeweg Asociados SL
Tram Stop, Alicante
Subarquitectura
Zaragoza 2008 Expo – Spain Pavilion
Mangado y Asociados
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photo : Javier Belver
Zaragoza 2008 Expo
Swedish Buildings
Avalon Hotel, Gothenburg
Semrén & Månsson
Kalmar Museum of Art
Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects
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photograph : Åke E´son Lindman
Kalmar Museum of Art
Riksantikvarieämbetet, Riksutställningar, Visby
Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor
Uppsala Concert & Congress Hall, Uppsala
Henning Larsen Architects
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picture : Ake Eson Lindman
Uppsala Concert Hall building
Turkish Buildings
Dogan Medya Center, Ankara
Tabanlioglu Architects
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photograph : Thomas Mayer, Cemal Emden
Dogan Medya Center Ankara
House in an Olive Grove, Bademli, Dikili, Izmir
Sevki Pekin Mimarlik ve Insaat Limited Sirketi
Levent Social Club, Istanbul
Sanal Architecture
Meydan-Umraniye retail complex, Istanbul
Design: Foreign Office Architects
Santral Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul
EAA-Emre Arolat Architects
Tekfen Yalikavak Housing Complex & Hotel, Mugla
Trafo-mimarlar
Teni Houses / Greenside residence, Mugla
YPT – YAPI PLANLAMA TASARIM
UK Buildings
Darwin Centre Phase 2, Natural History Museum, London, UK
C. F. Møller Architects
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photo : Torben Eskerod
Darwin Centre
Barking Learning Centre
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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photograph © Tim Soar
Barking Learning Centre
Barking Town Square
muf architecture/art
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Barking Town Square
BBC Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland
David Chipperfield Architects
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photo © Isabelle Lomholt
BBC Scotland
Bernie Grant Arts Centre, London
Adjaye Associates
The Bluecoat, Liverpool
Biq
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image : Stefan Mueller
The Bluecoat
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Scotland
Gareth Hoskins Architects
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photo © Andrew Lee
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre
East Beach Cafe
Heatherwick Studio
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photo : Andy Stagg
East Beach Cafe
El Ray
Simon Conder Associates
House for Anish Kapoor and family
Tony Fretton Architects
John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex
Design: Foreign Office Architects
The Lightbox Gallery / Museum
Marks Barfield Architects
Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Denton Corker Marshall
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photograph : Tim Griffith
Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Old Market Square
Gustafson Porter
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photo from the architect
Old Market Square
Oxley Woods
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Pier Arts Centre, Scotland
Reiach and Hall
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picture : Gavin Fraser
Pier Arts Centre
Rivington Place, London
Adjaye Associates
Royal Festival Hall redevelopment, London
Allies and Morrison
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photo © Dennis Gilbert
Royal Festival Hall
Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales
Sergison Bates
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photo : Dewi Lloyd © Ruthin Craft Centre
Ruthin Craft Centre
St Anne’s Community & Sure Start Centre
DSDHA
3 Small Houses
Stephen Taylor Architects
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photograph : Ioana Marinescu
Three Small Houses
Stephen Lawrence Centre, London
Adjaye Associates
Urban Housing Finsbury Park, London
Sergison Bates
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photograph : Stefan Mueller
Finsbury Park housing
Westminster Academy at the Naim Dangoor Centre, London
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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photo © Tim Soar
Westminster Academy
Xtrata Treetop Walkway, Kew Gardens, London
Marks Barfield Architects
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Prize awarded in May 2009
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Contemporary Architecture Awards
Mies van der Rohe Awards Winner 2011 : Neues Museum
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