Project: Mies van der Rohe Award 2011; Client: Fundació Mies van der Rohe; Independent Expert: Lukas Feireiss

In 1987 the European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe created the biennial Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture was created with these purposes in mind. The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture represents the evolution of the Mies van der Rohe Award following similar objectives and principles.The Prize benefits from the participation of the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) along with the ACE-member architectural associations and the other European national architects’ associations, as well as the recommendations of an Advisory Committee composed of some of the most prestigious European cultural entities in the field of architecture. The Steering Committee comprises a group of Advisory Committee members who work closely with the Fundació Mies van der Rohe in the award process as co-organisers of the Prize. Nominations for works to be considered for the Prize and the Special Mention will be put forward by the ACE-member architectural associations and the other European national architects’ associations and a substantial group of independent experts specialising in contemporary architecture, as well as by the Advisory Committee. Lukas Feireiss has been asked as independent expert to propose 5 European projects for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2011.