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| Press note European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 |
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| Barcelona, april 2007 format .doc format .pdf MUSAC Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León by Mansilla + Tuñón wins the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 Ján Figel’, European Commissioner in charge of Education, Training, Culture and Youth and Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona and President of the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, have announced today that the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 has been granted to the MUSAC - Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León, Spain by Luis M. Mansilla and Emilio Tuñón/Mansilla + Tuñón. The jury, chaired by Richard Burdett*, visited the seven finalists works before coming to their decision regarding the laureat of the Award for this edition*. In making their decision to grant the Award to the MUSAC the jury praised the tectonic clarity of the building and the intelligent realisation of the programme. The jury appreciated how the conceptual basis of a series of flexible interior spaces can deal effectively with the challenges of exhibiting contemporary art. The Emerging Architect Special Mention goes to Matija Bevk and Vasa J. Perovic/Bevk Perovic arhitekti for their Faculty of Mathematics in Ljubljana, Slovenia. On May 14, 2007 Mayor Hereu will present the laureats with their awards at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona at 19:30h. Prior to that, at 17:00h, the architects will give a lecture presenting the MUSAC. * Jury members: Richard Burdett (chair), Peter Cachola Schaml, Luis Fernández Galiano, Beth Galí, Bettina Götz, Ellen van Loon, Mohsen Mostafavi, Francis Rambert and Dietmar Steiner. Lluís Hortet (secretary), Diane Gray (coordinator of the prize) * Pôle universitaire de sciences de gestion |
Barcelona, january
2007 format .doc format .pdf The jury of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 - has selected the seven finalists works for the Award, one of the most important and prestigious on the international architecture scene. The name of the winner will be known in April, 26th. The selection is a faithful reflection of the main objective underlying the Award, namely to acknowledge excellent and innovative projects characterised by high-quality construction and to recognise the best architectural works built in Europe in the past two years. By supporting this Award, the European Commission underlines the role that cultural activities play as engines of creativity and innovations in Europe. The jury has also singled out 33 works that, because of their exceptional quality, will be included in the exhibition and catalogue of the 2007 Award. These works are located in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The jury made its selection from an initial list of 273 projects from 32 countries finished between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2006 which were proposed by a sizable group of independent international experts and the European National Associations of architects. The seven finalists are: Pôle universitaire de sciences de gestion (School for Management), Bordeaux, France. Architect : Anne Lacaton & Jean Philippe Vassal/Lacaton & Vassal Architectes Centre Chorégraphique National (National Choreographic Centre), Aix-en-Provence, France. (Rudy Ricciotti) Phaeno Science Centre Wolfsburg, Germany. Architects : Zaha Hadid/Zaha Hadid Architects Mercedes-Benz Museum Stuttgart, Germany. Architects : Ben van Berkel/UN Studio Centro de Artes de Sines (Sines Art Centre), Sines, Portugal. Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus/Aires Mateus e Associados Edificio Veles e Vents Valencia, España. David Chipperfield, Fermin Vázquez David Chipperfield Architects/b720 Arquitectos. MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León), León, Spain. Architects: Luis M. Mansilla, Emilio Tuñón/Mansilla + Tuñón. The Jury was chaired by architect Ricky Burdett and formed by Peter Cachola Schmal, Beth Galí, Bettina Götz, Luis Fernández Galiano, Ellen van Loon, Mohsen Mostafavi, Francis Rambert, Dietmar Steiner and Lluís Hortet as secretary The award ceremony will take place in the Mies van der
Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona on 14 May 2007. The Award winner will receive
a prize of 50.000 €, while the Emerging Architect Special Mention
is endowed with the sum of 10.000 €. |
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