In 2010, The European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies will inaugurate the first “European Architecture Prize.”

The European Architecture Prize is to be given annually to any living architect whose built work exemplifies the highest ideals of European civilization and embodies vision, commitment, and a profound respect for humanity and for the social and physical environment.

The ancient Greeks considered architecture to be the “first art,” which is the literal meaning of the word and which gave birth to a profession.

Throughout the centuries, Europe has given the world its most important practitioners from Phidias, Vitriuvius, Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Palladio to the early modern masters, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Those architects have developed numerous philosophies and visionary approaches to building, engineering, and planning that have grown from the need to invent or express a time and place in Europe’s rich history.

Classicism, Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Beaux-Arts, Constructivism, Art Deco, DeStijl, and Modernism have all resulted as an expression of clearly stated European values and ideals and have given form and shape to the most famous cities in the world.

The European Architecture Prize today continues Europe’s ongoing contribution to world history and culture and encourages our present generation of practitioners to embrace the true art of architecture together with its humanistic and social pursuits in order to make our European cities and nations true centers of advanced culture and civilization. 

SUBMISSION

The postal address to submit nominations for The European Architecture Prize is as follows:

Chairman
The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
28 Butlers Court
Sir John Rogersons Quay
Dublin 2
IRELAND
TEL/FAX: +353 (0) 1 6708781
EMAIL: info@europeanarch.eu

It is sufficient to email to the Chairman with the nominee's name and nominator's contact information.
Nomination Deadline is August 1.