2008 PHILIPPE ROTTHIER EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Awarded every three years and created by the architect Philippe Rotthier in 1982, this prize acknowledges contemporary works, which respect the architectural and urban principles which formed the basis for the creation of Europe’s most beautiful cities. The prize was awarded for the eighth time in June 2008.

The European Prize is one of the rare prizes to rewardworks that respect the European tradition of town planning. It seeks to break the isolation and the silence that surround a large part of contemporary architectural production that does not find its way into the pages of architecture journals or into the exhibition rooms. It also seeks to make the non-specialist public, elected representatives and those who commission works to be more demanding of architecture and town planning.
This prize shows that quality architecture and developments, of which Europeans are proud, are still possible today and that “junk architecture” is no more inevitable than “junk food”.

Organised by the Fondation pour l’Architecture with the cooperation of A Vision of Europe.