EUROPE’S BEST ARCHITECTURE

EUROPE'S BEST ARCHITECTURE - European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture- Mies van der Rohe Award 2011.

Exhibition at Danish Architecture Centre 1 November 2012 - 6 January 2013, open every day 10-17 (Wednesday 10-21), Strandgade 27B, 1401 Copenhagen K

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Neues Museum by David Chipperfield Architects + Julian Harrap. Photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen

Experience a string of the very best in European architecture right now in the sensuous exhibition "EUROPE'S BEST ARCHITECTURE - European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture-Mies van der Rohe Award 2011" in the rustic exhibitions rooms of Danish Architecture Centre. Here you can, among other things, see Zaha Hadid's impressive new museum in Rome, MAXXI Museum of XXI Century Arts, and the much talked-about Juvet Landscape Hotel in Norway by Jensen & Skodvin Arkitekter. In total, 45 spectacular and fascinating buildings erected in Europe between 2009 and 2011 will be presented.

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Casa Collage by Bosch + Capdeferro. Photo: José

All are architecture projects that were in the running to receive thE prestigious architecture award, Europe's official architecture prize, awarded every other year. The prize in 2011 went to David Chipperfield Architects in co-operation with Julian Harrap for the renovation of Neues Museum in Berlin that naturally will get extra space at the exhibit together with Collage House by the Spanish architect duo Bosch + Capdeferro awarded the Emerging Architect Special Mention.

Among other spectacular projects worth mentioning is a tiny project La Trufa by Antón Garcia-Abril who constructed a cabin of earth that appears as a rock hewn in half and blends into nature in Costa Da Morte in Spain. Also Denmark is represented at the exhibition with the residential building the '8 House' by BIG as well as the concert hall of Jean Nouvel. The latter was among the six finalists for the award named after the great German architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe (1886-1969).

Groot Rehab Centre by Koen van Velsen. Photo: Rob 't Hart Fotografie

The exhibition has been seen by thousands of people in cities such as London, Paris, Vienna, Düseldorf and Brussels. Now it is Copenhagen's turn where the audience until 6 January 2013 will be able to explore the distinctive trends that characterise international architecture right now.

In connection with the exhibit you can watch movies and photographs and get better acquainted with the great architect Mies van der Rohe and his famous Barcelona Pavilion.

Launched in 1987 and co-funded by the EU Culture Programme and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, the prize is the most prestigious award in European Architecture and is awarded every other year. The prize is 60,000 Euros and the Emerging Architect Special Mention is 20.000 Euros.

The exhibition is developed and organized by Fundació Mies van der Rohe - Barcelona in collaboration with and support from the European Commission Culture 2000 programme, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya, the Ministerio de Fomento, USM Sistema Modulares, Fundació BancSabodell and Roca.

The exhibition at Danish Architecture Centre as well as the associated exhibition about Mies van der Rohe is supported by Realdania.