5 finalists announced for 2015 Mies van der Rohe Award

The five finalists for the 2015 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, or the Mies van der Rohe award. The finalists were chosen from a shortlist of 40 projects and include a sunken museum and a crystalline concert hall. 

Considered to be some of the best works completed by European architects in the previous two years, the projects are in the running for a prize of more than $65,000.

The five finalists for the Mies van der Rohe award are:

• Philharmonic Hall Szczecin designed by Estudio Barozzi Veiga in Szczecin, Poland
• The Saw Swee Hock Student Centre by O'Donnell + Tuomey at the London School of Economics in London
• Ravensburg Art Museum designed by Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei in Ravensburg, Germany
• Danish Maritime Museum designed by Bjarke Ingels Group in Helsingør, Denmark
• Antinori Winter by Archea Associati in San Casciano Val di Pesa, Florence, Italy

The architects will present their projects to the jury on May 7.