Inaugural MCHAP Outstanding Projects Announced

Wiel Arets, Dean of the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Dirk Denison, Director of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP), launched in February at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, Canada, have announced the inaugural MCHAP shortlist – 36 projects, selected from the 225 MCHAP nominees, recognized as “Outstanding Projects” and from which the MCHAP finalists will be announced on July 9th at a public event in Santiago, Chile.

1111 Lincoln Road in Miami, Florida, by Herzog & de Meuron

Altamira Residential Building in Rosario, Argentina, by Rafael Iglesia

ASU Health Service in Tempe, Arizona, by Lake Flato Architects

Bolivar Civic Center in Pueblo Bolivar, Uruguay, by Arq. Marcelo Gualano / Arq. Martín Gualano

Burle Marx Education Center in Brumadinho, Brazil, by Paula Zasnicoff – Alexandre Brasil / Arquitetos Associados

Capilla del Retiro in Auco, Los Andes, Chile, by Undurraga Deves Arquitectos (Cristián Undurraga

Cooper Union Center for Advancement of Science and Art in New York, New York, by Morphosis

CUBE Tower in Guadalajara, Mexico, by Estudio Carme Pinos

Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California by Gehry Partners

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences/CDRD in Vancouver, Canada, by Saucier + Perrotte Architectes

Fernando Botero Library Park in San Cristobal, Columbia, by G Ateliers Architecture (Orlando Garcia)

Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA

Grande Bibliotheque du Quebec in Montreal, Canada, by Patkau / Croft Pelletier / Menkes Shooner Dagenais Letourneux Architectes Associes

Iberê Camargo Foundation in Porto Alegre, Brazil, by Álvaro Siza Vieira

Innovation Center UC – Anacleto Angelini in Santiago, Chile, by Elemental

Kindergarten Ciudad de la Alegria, Timayui in Santa Marta, Columbia, by Giancarlo Mazzanti