2024-12-22T02:04:02-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149989278/the-40-shortlisted-projects-announced-for-the-eumiesaward Nicholas Korody 2017-01-30T13:25:00-05:00 >2017-02-08T00:47:05-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/zl/zl3i24cukyigwkon.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The European Commission and the Funaci&oacute; Mies van der Rohe have announced the 40 shortlisted works for the 2017 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture&mdash;the Mies Van der Rohe Award, also known as the EUmiesaward.</p><p>Selected from a pool of 355 nominations, the 40 shortlisted projects reflect &ldquo;the importance of the new generation of architects who have come strongly to the fore in this edition to show how architecture addresses and provides solutions for a broad diversity of issues related to the city and society, to housing, to cultural facilities, to memory and identity, to refurbishment or new buildings, in a convocation that echoes this diversity more than ever,&rdquo; according Daniel M&ograve;dol, President of the Funaci&oacute; Mies van der Rohe.</p><p>As stated in the press release, a third of the works &ldquo;tackles the contemporary challenges of housing&rdquo; and another third &ldquo;tackles the challenge of contemporary architecture in relationship with built heritage.&rdquo; The five finalists will be announced in ...</p>