EU Mies van der Rohe Award — every winner

The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, awarded roughly every two years since 1988, is Europe's biggest architecture prize. The complete winners list; studios in our directory link to their profile.

YearProjectStudioLocation
1988Banco Borges e IrmãoÁlvaro Siza Vieira🇵🇹 Vila do Conde, Portugal
1990Stansted Airport TerminalFoster + Partners🇬🇧 London (Stansted), United Kingdom
1992Municipal Sports StadiumEsteve Bonell & Francesc Rius🇪🇸 Badalona, Spain
1994Waterloo International TerminalNicholas Grimshaw & Partners🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
1996Bibliothèque nationale de FranceDominique Perrault🇫🇷 Paris, France
1998Kunsthaus BregenzPeter Zumthor🇦🇹 Bregenz, Austria
2001Kursaal CentreRafael Moneo🇪🇸 San Sebastián, Spain
2003Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim NorthZaha Hadid Architects🇫🇷 Strasbourg, France
2005Netherlands Embassy BerlinOMA🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
2007MUSAC — Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y LeónMansilla + Tuñón🇪🇸 León, Spain
2009Oslo Opera HouseSnøhetta🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway
2011Neues MuseumDavid Chipperfield Architects🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
2013Harpa Concert Hall and Conference CentreHenning Larsen Architects, Batteríið Architects, Studio Olafur Eliasson🇮🇸 Reykjavík, Iceland
2015Philharmonic Hall SzczecinBarozzi Veiga🇵🇱 Szczecin, Poland
2017DeFlat Kleiburg renovationNL Architects & XVW Architectuur🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019Transformation of 530 dwellings, Grand ParcLacaton & Vassal with Frédéric Druot Architecture and Christophe Hutin Architecture🇫🇷 Bordeaux, France
2022Town House, Kingston UniversityGrafton Architects🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
2024Study Pavilion, Technical University of BraunschweigGustav Düsing & Max Hacke🇩🇪 Braunschweig, Germany

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More prize lists: Mies van der Rohe Award · European Pritzker laureates · Stirling Prize. Compiled from public sources (Wikipedia, official prize sites, Dezeen/ArchDaily coverage), verified entry by entry.