
The European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation have announced the 40 shortlisted works that will compete for the 2017 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The jury has chosen from 355 nominated works and the shortlist highlights the opportunities and the trends of today’s European territory: cities, housing, heritage, and memory. The five finalists will be announced in mid-February and the winner and the Emerging Architect in mid-May.
A third of the works tackle the challenge of contemporary architecture in relation with built heritage and a third of the work tackles the contemporary challenges of housing. The management of the historic urban landscape will be among the priorities highlighted by the ‘European Year of Cultural Heritage' in 2018.
"I would want the shortlisted schemes to demonstrate an interest in making places, in exploring convention and known typologies, in celebrating the pleasures of everyday use by a consideration of detail and an unspoken resistance to the current global tendency towards a self-referential architecture, one that belies context and the act of inhabitation." - Stephen Bates, Chairman of the Jury.
Seen the shortlist after the break.
BELGIUM
NAVEZ - 5 social units as Northern entrance of Brusselsf / MSA / V+

Polyvalent Infrastructure / BAUKUNST

GERMANY
European Hansemuseum / Studio Andreas Heller GmbH Architects & Designers

Barn / Thomas Kröger Architekten

DENMARK
Kannikegården / Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects

Kvæsthus Pier / Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects

Skjern River Pump Stations / Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter

SPAIN
Museum of the Royal Collections / Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos

House 1014 / HARQUITECTES

Collective housing for elderly people and civic and health centre / Bonell i Gil; peris+toral.arquitectes

FINLAND
Suvela Chapel / OOPEAA

Opinmäki School / Esa Ruskeepää

Puukuokka Housing Block (house 1) / OOPEAA

FRANCE
Community Workshop / Boidot Robin architectes

59 Dwellings, Neppert Gardens Social Housing / Lacaton & Vassal architectes

The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum / Rudy Ricciotti

Ariane futsal sports complex / CAB Architectes

IRELAND
Model School Inchicore / Donaghy + Dimond

Merrion Cricket Pavilion / TAKA

ITALY
Fondazione Prada / OMA

LITHUANIA
Rasu Houses / Paleko ARCHstudija + PLAZMA Architecture Studio

NETHERLANDS
Landmark Nieuw-Bergen / Monadnock

Timmerhuis / OMA

deFlat Kleiburg / NL Architects + XVW architectuur

NORWAY
Weekend House at Sildegarnsholmen / Knut Hjeltnes AS Sivilarkitekter MNAL

Moholt 50I50 - Timber Towers / MDH Arkitekter SA

Eldhusøya Tourist Route Project / Ghilardi+Hellsten Arkitekter

POLAND
Katyn Museum / BBGK Architekci

PORTUGAL
House in Oeiras / Pedro Domingos Arquitectos

Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology / AL_A

EDP Headquarters / AIRES MATEUS

Nadir Afonso Museum for Contemporary Art / Álvaro Siza

ROMANIA
Take a(l)titude / Studio Archaeus

SWEDEN
Östermalm's Temporary Market Hall / Tengbom

TURKEY
Angelos Organic Olive Oil Mill / Mimarlar ve Han Tümertekin

Beyazıt State Library Renovation / Tabanlioglu Architects

UNITED KINGDOM
Holmes Road Studios / Peter Barber Architects

Shepherdess Walk Housing / Jaccaud Zein Architects

Ely Court / Alison Brooks Architects

Granby Four Streets / ASSEMBLE

Find more about the 40 works here.