David Chipperfield's restoration of Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie, a memorial park on the site of a former synagogue and a visitor centre by Dorte Mandrup are among the 40 European projects shortlisted for this year's Mies van der Rohe Award.
The biannual European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture ? Mies van der Rohe Award is named after modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
It is usually given by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe to the best European architecture project completed within the past two years. However, the 2022 edition will feature works from the past 2.5 years as the coronavirus pandemic has delayed the award.
Above: Kingston University ? Town House by Grafton Architects is on the shortlist. Photo is by Dennis Gilbert. Top image: as is the Wadden Sea Centre by Dorte Mandrup. Photo is by Adam Mørk This year, the shortlisted works can be found in 18 different European countries. Austria, France and Spain have the most shortlisted projects ? five each ? followed by Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom, with three projects each.
Denmark, Finland, Poland and Portugal have two shortlisted works and the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania and Slovenia have one project each.
Prague riverside revitalisation by Petr Janda is on the list. Photo is by BoysPlayNice
The projects located in the UK are currently still on the shortlist ? as are two projects in the EU designed by UK studios ? despit...