The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the list of 356 works competing for the 2017 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.
The Prize is awarded biennially to works completed within the previous two years. The principal objective is to recognize and commend excellence and innovation in the field of architecture.
Among the 356 nominees there are 14 works by Catalan architects or architecture studios:
Federico García Lorca Centre, Granada MX-SI architectural studio (Boris Bezan; Héctor Mendoza; Mara Partida; Monica Juvera)
Fire Prevention Park - Firemen Space, Barcelona Roldán+Berengué, arqts. (Mercè Berengué; José Miguel Roldán)
Encants School, Barcelona Roger Méndez Badias (Área Metropolitana de Barcelona)
Collective housing for elderly people and civic and health centre, Barcelona Bonell i Gil; peris+toral.arquitectes
Community Architectes. Office of Citizen Assistance, Barcelona ETSAB-UPC (Ibon Bilbao; Marta Peris; etc)
Sala Beckett. Theatre and International Drama Centre, Barcelona Flores & Prats (Eva Prats; Ricardo Flores)
110 Rooms. Collective Housing at Provença Street, Barcelona Maio (María Charneco; Anna Puigjaner; Alfredo Lérida; Guillermo López)
Public Market, Sant Adrià de Besòs manrique planas arquitectes slp; Àgata Vila Arquitecta (Maria Manrique; Gisela Planas; Àgata Vila)
Psychological Medical Center, Vic Comas-Pont arquitectes (Jordi Comas Mora; Anna Pont Armengol)
New access to the historical centre of Gironella Carles Enrich architecture + urbanism
Recovery of the Irrigation System at the Thermal Orchards, Caldes de Montbui CICLICA; CAVAA (Marta Serra; Elena Albareda; Jordi Calbetó)
Ressò Project, Rubí RESSÒ - ETSAV - UPC
House 104, Granollers H Arquitectes (David Lorente; Josep Ricart; Roger Tudó; Xavier Ros)
Extension to Sant Jordi Public School, Vilanova i la Geltrú GATPA (Gerard Puig; Alex Gallego; Jordi Adell; David Tapias Monné)
For further information on the Award and the nominated works, click here[2].