The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award is a prize given biennially by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona, 'to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe'. The Prize was created in 1987 through an equal partnership among the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe. The award is open to all the works completed in Europe within the two-year period before the granting of the prize. Nominations are submitted by independent experts, the national architecture associations and the advisory committee of the Prize, and then evaluated by a jury organized for each cycle. The five finalist works are visited by the jury, which chooses a prize winner and names an Emerging Architect winner. As of 2016, a new category, the Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA), highlights the final degree projects of recently graduated architects, landscape architects and urban designers. YTAA, as an inherent part of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, is organised by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe with the support of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. YTAA is organised in partnership with the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) and the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE-CAE); World Architects as a founding partner; the European Cultural Centre as a partner in Venice; sponsored by Jung, Jansen and Regent; and with the support of USM.

List of award winners

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !Winning Building ! colspan="2" class="unsortable" | Shortlisted Buildings Banco Borges e Irmão Vila do Conde Architect(s): Alvaro Siza New Stansted Airport Terminal London Architect(s): Foster + Partners Municipal Sports Stadium 🇪🇸 Badalona, Barcelona Architect(s): Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius Waterloo International railway station London Architect(s): Nicholas Grimshaw Bibliothèque Nationale de France 🇫🇷 Paris Architect(s): Dominique Perrault Kunsthaus Bregenz 🇦🇹 Bregenz Architect(s): Peter Zumthor

Other finalists

Kursaal Centre 🇪🇸 San Sebastián Architect(s): Rafael Moneo Other finalists* 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Unibank Headquarters/Hovedsaede for Nordea Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North 🇫🇷 Hoenheim, Strasbourg Architect(s): Zaha Hadid Other finalists* 🇫🇷 Paris, Palais de Tokyo - Site for Contemporary Creation Netherlands Embassy Berlin 🇩🇪 Berlin Architect(s): Rem Koolhaas Other finalists* 🇬🇧 London, 30 St Mary Axe Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León 🇪🇸 León Architect(s): Mansilla+Tuñón Arquitectos Other finalists* 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Mercedes-Benz Museum Norwegian National Opera and Ballet 🇳🇴 Oslo Architect(s): Snøhetta Other finalists* 🇫🇷 Strasbourg, Zenith Music Hall Neues Museum 🇩🇪 Berlin Architect(s): David Chipperfield Other finalists* 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Danish Radio Concert Hall Harpa concert hall 🇮🇸 Reykjavík Architect(s): Henning Larsen Architects and Studio Olafur Eliasson Other finalists* 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Superkilen Szczecin Philharmonic Hall 🇵🇱 Szczecin Architect(s): Barozzi Veiga Other finalists* 🇬🇧 London, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics DeFlat Kleiburg Amsterdam Architect(s): NL Architects and XVW architectuur Other finalists* 🇩🇰 Ribe, Kannikegården 🇫🇷 Bordeaux Architect(s): Lacaton & Vassal Other finalists* 🇦🇱 Tirana, Skanderbeg Square 🇬🇧 Kingston upon Thames Grafton Architects Other finalists* 🇪🇸 85 Social Housing Units in Cornellà 🇩🇪Braunschweig Gustav Düsing, Büro Max Hacke Other finalists*🇸🇪 Lund, Hage

List of Emerging Architect Special Mention