Mies van der Rohe Award 2017 has announced lecture series for the 5 authors of the 5 finalist works, which will be presented in 4 cities open to the public. The lectures will take place between April 29th and May 1st in different cities around Europe.

5 finalists, competing for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2017, will present their works to the international jury including Stephen Bates, Gonçalo Byrne, Peter Cachola Schmal, Pelin Dervis, Dominique Jakob, Juulia Kauste and Malgorzata Omilanowska in five lectures open to the public.

Denmark’s Kannikegården Culture and Religious Centre by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects, Ely Court in UK by Alison Brooks Architects, Amsterdam’s monumental deFlat Kleiburg apartment by NL Architects and XVW architectuur, Rudy Ricciotti’s dramatic Rivesaltes Memorial in France and BBGK Architekci’s hidden and poetic Katyn Museum in Poland named as the 5 finalists competing for the 2017 Mies van der Rohe Award.

An opportunity for everyone in Rivesaltes, Warsaw, Amsterdam and Ribe to know about the best contemporary architecture in their cities. The jury will then visit the 5 finalist works and collect first-hand information from their users, clients and architects.

Lectures, date and location:

April 29, 11:30 – 12:30

Lecture by: Rudy Ricciotti architectes

Rivesaltes Memorial Museum

Place: Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, Rivesaltes, France

April 30, 10:00 – 11:00

Lecture by: Jan Belina Brzozowski, Konrad Grabowiecki, Jerzy Kalina & Krzysztof Lang

Katyn Museum

Place: Katyn Museum, Warszawa, Poland

May 1, 09:00 – 11:00

Lecture by: Alison Brooks Architects

Ely Court

Lecture by NL archtiects and XVW architectuur

deFlat Kleiburg

Place: Academie van Bouwkunst Hoge Zaal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

May 1, 19:30 – 20:30

Lecture by: Lundgaard & Tranberg Archtiects

Kannikergarden

Place: Kannikegarden, Ribe, Denmark

The lectures will be held in English. The Prize Winner and the Emerging Architect Winner will be announced in Brussels on May 16, 2017. The Award Ceremony will take place on 26 May, 2017 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona.

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