Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Fifteen masterpieces of Greek architecture are nominated for the prestigious 2015 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award that culminates in a catalogue publication and travelling exhibition that features the works chosen by the Jury – the Prize Winner, Special Mention, the finalists and the shortlisted works.

All of the works nominated are available for consultation on the Prize database, transforming each edition into a biennial anthology of some of the best work being constructed in Europe.

Greek nominations include among others: the H_3 House in Athens - designed to give a sense of contact with the water element inspired by the owners love for yachts, the SNFCC Visitors Centre - that reveals to the visitor views of the construction site of the Renzo Piano complex, the PxAthens – Six Thresholds that focuses on degraded spaces for play and in turn formulates a strategy for their redesign and reconstruction, the Redevelopment of the New Waterfront in Thessaloniki, and the Natural History Museum of Crete, created at the site and premises of the old electricity plant of the city of Heraklion. The entire list is available here.