The jury of the EUmies Awards 2025, Architecture & Emerging category, is formed by chairman Smiljan Radić, Carl Bäckstrand, Chris Briffa, Zaiga Gaile, Tina Gregorič, Nikolaus Hirsch, e Rosa Rull. We are honoured that ACE President, Carl Bäckstrand, is part of the distinguished jury for the EUmies Awards 2025, alongside an inspiring group of internationally renowned architects and professionals.
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The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Awards (EUmies Awards), founded in 1988 in Barcelona by Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Union’s programme to support the cultural and creative sectors, are annual awards recognizing excellence in built works of architecture in Europe (Architecture and Emerging) and final diploma works by recently graduated architects (Young Talent). The EUmies Awards are organised by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe with Creative Europe and benefit from the participation of the Consiglio degli architetti d'Europa (ACE), the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) along with World-Architects as strategic partner, the partnership with Jung, Jansen, Zumtobel and the support of USM modular furniture e Alma e il European Cultural Centre is the venue partner in Venice.
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Young Talent 2025 Publication
Intelligens . Talent
to repare as an act of radical resistance // to regenerate and coexist within the evolving territory // to redefine sustainable adaptive reuse // to reclaim high-tech ruins for low-tech living // to address new social and environmental conditions post-catastrophe
These are action proposals from some of the projects that one finds in these pages, statements of intent to address contemporary challenges unfolding across different parts of our planet. Words that emerge from the young voices of architects who have graduated in the past two years.
The ensemble of projects contained in this book have been selected by the jury of the Young Talent 2025, formed by Maibritt Dammann (Aarhus), Ana Dana Beros (Zagreb – Graz – Trieste), Jason O’Shaughnessy (Cork), Konstantinos Pantazis (Athens), and Daliana Suryawinata (Singapore – Bandung – Rotterdam). This collection of works was exhibited at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia under the title “Intelligens . Talent”, as an official Collateral Event, from May 10 to November 23, 2025.
All these selected projects present a critical stance and highlight the importance of research in the design process in order to deeply understand our society and the existing environment. From urban environments to rural contexts, or post-extractive to post-catastrophic landscapes; between reality and utopia, they propose holistic approaches through multi-scalar perspectives and the potential of technique.
Alongside these projects, the insights from the jury members, as well as the final graduation projects by Max Hacke and Gustav Düsing, 2024 EUmies Awards winners.
Young Talent fosters academic exchange and aims to strengthen architects’ skills from the outset of their careers, while also promoting insight into the diverse approaches and commonalities in architectural education around the world.
