The Jury for the 2019 Mies Award has just announced the list of 40 works that are contenders for this year’s Prize.

The shortlisted works are spread out in 17 different European countries. 7 of them are in France, 6 in Spain, 4 in Belgium, 3 in Austria and 3 in Denmark. Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and  Romania have 2 shortlisted works and Albania, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Slovakia 1 work each. It is the first time that Albania, Serbia and Slovakia have a shortlisted work. In the selection of 40, Culture is the most represented program with 15 works (museums, cultural centres, music theatres and an auditorium/congress centre). There are 6 Education buildings (schools, university buildings and libraries); 5 Collective housing works; 3 Mixed use constructions, 2 Industrial centres and 2 Single houses; and 1 Health, 1 Infrastructure, 1 Office, 1 Social welfare, 1 Sport and Leisure, and 1 Urban planning works.

The five finalist will be announced on 13th of February and the Award Ceremony will take place on 7th of May 2019 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona.

Additionally you can browse trough all shortlisted woks, from this and previous years, in the new app – EUMiesAward – and use the map to find those closest to you. The app is available both for Android and iOS.

To view the full list and find more information visit the 2019 Mies Award website.