The Neues Museum in Berlin is the winner of the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Award, where it has been described as ‘a reconstruction, blending old and new, by UK architect Sir David Chipperfield’.
The biennial European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture and the Special Mention for an Emerging Architect are awarded to highlight recent, excellent examples of architectural creativity of works which are less than two years old and to underline that modern architecture is socially and culturally rooted in European cities and is important in people’s everyday life. The prizes are awarded for works in the countries participating in the Culture Programme. The Prize consists of 60 000 EUR and the Special Mention consists of 20 000 EUR.
For the prize see: LINK
For the Neues Museum conservation work see:
EU Cultural Programme: LINK
