The Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize is an initiative by the firm Simon, curated by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe since its inception in 2016 to commemorate Simon's centenary. Since then, architecture firms from over 23 countries—including Mexico, Poland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, and Spain—have participated in the competition, reaffirming its international relevance. In the previous edition, the prize received 220 nominated projects.
The goal of this award is to recognize architectural projects (including interiors, public spaces, and landscape design) whose excellence enhances the ability of spaces to provide comfort to their inhabitants. These are projects that improve people's daily quality of life: for working, learning, sharing, and enjoying... Architecture to be lived in!
Video, considered the best tool for bringing architecture to the general public and the most effective medium for conveying a space's atmosphere, is the format through which proposals must be submitted. With each edition, the quality of the audiovisual storytelling in the submitted videos has reached an extremely professional level.
