Three British projects in running for European architecture prize

The Hill House box by Carmody Groarke

Source: Johan Dehlin

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Three UK projects have been longlisted for the EU’s Mies van der Rohe Award for contemporary architecture.

They are among 40 schemes in 18 countries across Europe which are in the running for the prestigious prize.

Grafton Architects’ Town House for Kingston University – which won last year’s Stirling Prize – is joined on the list by Selgas Cano’s Second Home co-working space in Holland Park and Carmody Groarke’s Hill House box erected to protect Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Helensburgh house during its restoration.

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