After visiting the finalist works, the 7 members of the international jury picked the Study Pavilion on the campus of the Technical University of Braunschweig by architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke as the Architecture winner and the Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona by SUMA Arquitectura as the Emerging winner.

Good practices and references for local city policies

Both works show the paths that contemporary architecture takes to tackle sustainability, social equity, technological advancements, well-being, cultural preservation, resilience and adaptation, economic viability and globalization within an ethical practice.

The Study Pavilion of the Technical University of Braunschweig is rewarded for its ability to push an idea to its limits, creating a welcoming environment where people can find happiness, while simultaneously challenging the constraints of established regulations concerning ecological sustainability.

The Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona represents a place that quickly became an exceptionally dynamic and busy place for education, culture and social encounter.

Awards ceremony

The Awards ceremony will take place on 14 May at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona and will count with Mr. Normunds Popens Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture. The celebration will also count with lectures and debates with the winners, the finalists and their clients.

The Architecture Prize winner and the Emerging Architecture Prize Winner will receive a trophy and respectively €60 000 and €30 000. 

The finalists and those who commission the buildings will also receive a sculpture recognizing their essential contributions to contemporary architecture.