Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 was awarded to the Philharmonic in Szczecin
After yesterday's public presentation of all five nominated buildings for this year's Mies van der Rohe Award, the winner was announced today at noon, which is the Barcelona studio Barozzi Veiga for the New Philharmonic project in Polish Szczecin.
The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture has been awarded since 1988 by the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation in Barcelona. The prize can be awarded to buildings that are not older than two years and were designed by a European architect in the European Union (+ countries of former Yugoslavia and Turkey).
This year's laureate was selected from a total of 420 buildings designed by local experts from 36 European countries. The decision about the fourteenth winner was made by a seven-member committee composed of Cino Zucchi, Margarita Jover, Lene Tranberg, Peter Wilson, Tony Chapman, Xiangning Li, and Hansjörg Mölk.
A special prize for emerging architects was awarded to the Barcelona quartet ARQUITECTURA-G for the renovation of the Casa Luz house in the Spanish village of Cilleros. The special prize for young architects has been awarded to two Eastern European architects in history: bevk perović from Ljubljana (2007) and Studio UP from Zagreb (2009).
The New Philharmonic in Szczecin was the first building in Eastern Europe to reach the finals and ultimately win the award.
The design of the philharmonic by Alberto Veiga and Fabrizio Barozzi emerged from an international competition held in 2007. The structure, built on the site of the bombed 'Concert House', was opened in early September last year. The mass composed of slender vertical profiles is topped with a white crown reminiscent of the sails of ships passing by the nearby naval academy. The internal layout is shaped by a simple composition of two concert halls (one large for 951 spectators and one chamber for 192 listeners) and two staircases (a gentle wide linear one and a swift narrow spiral one). The main goal was clarity, so that the audience could easily access the halls, where the acoustic finish features a gold leaf covering.
All that remains is to congratulate our northern neighbors on their victory and keep our fingers crossed for the Czech scene again in two years.
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The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture has been awarded since 1988 by the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation in Barcelona. The prize can be awarded to buildings that are not older than two years and were designed by a European architect in the European Union (+ countries of former Yugoslavia and Turkey).
This year's laureate was selected from a total of 420 buildings designed by local experts from 36 European countries. The decision about the fourteenth winner was made by a seven-member committee composed of Cino Zucchi, Margarita Jover, Lene Tranberg, Peter Wilson, Tony Chapman, Xiangning Li, and Hansjörg Mölk.
A special prize for emerging architects was awarded to the Barcelona quartet ARQUITECTURA-G for the renovation of the Casa Luz house in the Spanish village of Cilleros. The special prize for young architects has been awarded to two Eastern European architects in history: bevk perović from Ljubljana (2007) and Studio UP from Zagreb (2009).
The New Philharmonic in Szczecin was the first building in Eastern Europe to reach the finals and ultimately win the award.
The design of the philharmonic by Alberto Veiga and Fabrizio Barozzi emerged from an international competition held in 2007. The structure, built on the site of the bombed 'Concert House', was opened in early September last year. The mass composed of slender vertical profiles is topped with a white crown reminiscent of the sails of ships passing by the nearby naval academy. The internal layout is shaped by a simple composition of two concert halls (one large for 951 spectators and one chamber for 192 listeners) and two staircases (a gentle wide linear one and a swift narrow spiral one). The main goal was clarity, so that the audience could easily access the halls, where the acoustic finish features a gold leaf covering.
All that remains is to congratulate our northern neighbors on their victory and keep our fingers crossed for the Czech scene again in two years.
More information >
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