The Mies van der Rohe Award is also contested by 12 buildings from the Czech Republic

Barcelona - The prestigious Mies van der Rohe architectural award will be contested next year by 383 European buildings, 12 of which are from the Czech Republic. This was reported today by the organizing foundation based in Barcelona. From nearly four hundred nominated projects, the jury will select 40 finalists in mid-January, and the overall winner will be announced in April 2019. Among the projects from Czech architects that have a chance of success are the new mountaintop station for the cable car at Pustevny, the sports hall in Dolní Břežany, and the Doubravka lookout tower in Prague.

The largest representation in the nominations comes from Spain, which enters the competition with 27 projects, Belgium is represented by 21 buildings, and there are 19 projects each from France and Britain. The Czech Republic has two more nominations than in the last edition of the competition in 2016, and projects from prominent names in the contemporary architectural scene will try to convince the jury.

Nominated buildings from the Czech Republic:

Kamil Mrva Architects: Mountaintop station of the cable car at Pustevny	Atelier Štěpán: St. Wenceslas Church in Sazovice
SPORADICAL: Sports hall Dolní Břežany	Atelier Hoffman: Reconstruction of the boiler room into a restaurant and multifunctional hall in Libčice
ORA: Stajnhaus in Mikulov	XTOPIX: KINONEKINO in Planá
Huť architektury Martin Rajniš: Doubravka Tower in Prague	Petr Hájek Architekti: DOX+ Center for Contemporary Art in Prague
2021 Architects: Protest podium in Prague at Vítkov	RAW: Residential building Domino in Brno
FIALA + NEMEC: DRN in Prague	Petr Hájek Architekti: Reconstruction of the water tower and observation point in Letná

The Mies van der Rohe Award is presented every two years by the European Union and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation. The Czech Republic has participated in the Mies van der Rohe Award since 1997, and buildings in the territory of the Czech Republic have appeared among the finalists several times. Among the best European buildings, for example, in 1997, the IPB Bank building in Brno by the Burian-Křivinka team made it to the finals, in 2003, the passage at the Powder Bridge at Prague Castle designed by Josef Pleskot, and the Euro Palace on Wenceslas Square in Prague by Petr Malinský, Richard Doležal, Petr Burian, Michal Pokorný, and Martin Kotík. In 2005, the Trappist Monastery in Nový Dvůr near Toužim designed by British architect John Pawson was among the finalists.