Prize / competition

Hasselt-based art center Z33 among finalists Mies Award

Francesca Torzo’s new exhibition wing for Z33 is one of the five finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022. The building for the Hasselt-based House for Contemporary Art, Design & Architecture is the only Belgian project that is part of this select group. The winner will be announced at the end of April.

"The pandemic has further changed our view on architecture and how we live. I personally think it is extremely important to highlight something whereby collective life is central and, maybe, where there is also some sense of local in it. Not only the global but also the local, because people have recently rediscovered the importance of their close environment.”"
‐ Marcel Smets Architect, urban designer and theorist, Brussels

Calendar and events

The Architecture and Emerging Winners will be announced in mid-April in Brussels. The EU Mies Award Day that comprises the Awards Ceremony, will take place in May 2022 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, in a day-long-event that will include lectures by the authors of the winning and finalist works, discussions with the architects, clients, policymakers and jury members; the exhibition with the 532 works participating in the EU Mies Award 2022; and the events of the Barcelona Architecture Week that include the International Architecture Film Festival among many others.

The shortlisted works will be open to the public so that everybody can learn more about them in presence of their authors and critics, who will highlight their qualities during May. Dates and organisation will soon be announced.