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Are you is best architectural works built in Europe over the past two years. Or at least, are among the most notable of the 340 who were selected by an international jury. The Mies Van der Rohe Award 2011, awarded by the EU every two years, has announced today the six finalists who will compete for the buildings first prize of 6,000 euros: The Neues Museum in Berlin, David Chipperfield, Theater Bronx, Belgium (MDMA), Martine de Maeseneer of the National Museum Art Century (MAXXI) in Rome, Zaha Hadid, the Danish Radio Concert House Copenhagen, Denmark, Jean Nouvel, the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Bernard Tschumi and Rehabilitation Center Groot Klimmendaal in Arnhem (Netherlands), Architect team Koen van Velsen enbureau. 
"All the works are of great interest," said Lluis Hortet, director of the Mies Van Rohe. "There are more symbolic than others, such as museums, which are our cathedrals, which mixed with other more functional. In any case agree that all projects have been carried out with tighter budgets than ever before, "qualifies Hortet.
These six finalists for these prestigious awards, no English project. According Hortet is no drama, despite previous calls that always stood out at all. "It is normal for a few years stand out more latitude than others. Italy, of great architectural tradition has had many years of drought, while Spain and Portugal monopolized everything. This year no, but seeing the ups and downs are normal perspective, "the director of the Foundation.
Among the winners from previous editions include Musac, Leon, Stump and Mansilla, the embassy the Netherlands in Berlin, Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon (OMA), the park and North Hoenheim terminal in France, Zaha Hadid and the Kursaal in San Sebastian, Rafael Moneo. It was not until 20 June for know what the building will be raised to the altar of the Mies Van der Rohe in this new edition.
The finalists range in these buildings is reflected from an intervention "very complex and contemporary" carried on a long-standing project, as in the Berlin Museum, another work ex novo, but in a single context, such as the Acropolis in Athens, or in a more open and contemporary (Maxxi, Rome), others have to address highly technical issues such as the Danish Radio Copenhagen Auditorium, a territory which its author, Jean Nouvel, and transitioned earlier in the Auditorium of Lucerne. Esyán also two works that have more to do with the social aspect and equipment within an urban context, such as the Teatro Bronks, Belgium, and the Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal.
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