MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD 2009

The Opera House in Oslo by SnA hetta, built to house the Norwegian National and Ballet, is the winner of the European Union Prize fo r Contemporary Architecture - 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award. The Emerging Architect Special mention was awarded to STUDIO UP/ Lea Pel ivan and Toma Plejic, for Gymnasium 46 09' N / 16 50' E in Koprivnica, Croatia. This publication illustrates both projects, together with the other four finalists and the 44 projects chosen by the jury, by means of plans, photographs and explanatory texts.