New Acropolis Museum and «Mies van der Rohe» awards

The European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation recently announced the six finalists competing for the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - the Mies van der Rohe Award.

They have been shortlisted from 343 works in 33 European countries. The award ceremony will take place on June 20 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, Spain.

See the complete list with photos from the finalists :

 
(Left) Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece, Bernard Tschumi Architects, (Right)Bronks Youth Theatre, Brussels, Belgium, MDMA. 
 
(Left)Concert House Danish Radio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Ateliers Jean Nouvel,(Right)MAXXI: Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy, Zaha Hadid Architects.
 
(Left)Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany, David Chipperfield Architects, (Right)Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal, Arnhem, The Netherlands, Architectenbureau Koen van Velsen.