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The six finalists include Neues Museum Berlin, Germany by David Chipperfield Architects; Bronks Youth Theatre Brussels, Belgium by MDMA - Martine De Maeseneer Architecten; MAXXI: Museum of XXI Century Arts Rome, Italy by Zaha Hadid Architects; Concert House Danish Radio Copenhagen, Denmark by Ateliers Jean Nouvel; Acropolis Museum Athens, Greece by Bernard Tschumi Architects; and Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal Arnhem, The Netherlands by Architectenbureau Koen van Velsen.

David Chipperfield Architects won the international competition for the rebuilding of The Neues Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island in collaboration with Julian Harrap. The restoration followed the guidelines of the Charter of Venice respecting the historical structure. The original sequence of rooms was restored with new building sections and with new exhibition rooms made of pre-fabricated concrete elements consisting of white cement mixed with Saxonian marble chips. Other new volumes such as the Northwest wing with the Egyptian court, the Apollo risalit and the South Dome are built of recycled handmade bricks. The museum was unveiled to the public in October 2009.

The Bronks Youth Theatre in Brussels was designed by Martine De Maeseneer Architecten (MDMA). The building consists of two halls, between which a central circulation shaft is situated. The staircase has the shape of a double helix with swing doors coated with mirrors placed on every intermediate landing. The front façade of the building features a large glass that is elevated one meter up to scene level. The wall of the rehearsal hall slides open two meters behind with reception, sanitary facilities, and techniques featured in the space below.

Architectural design firm Zaha Hadid Architects has designed the MAXXI museum for the Italian Ministry of Culture which is the first Italian public museum devoted to contemporary creativity, arts and architecture. Zaha Hadid has conceived the design concept of MAXXI by moving towards the idea of ‘a field of buildings’ accessible to all. The walls of the MAXXI create major streams and minor streams with major streams being the galleries, and the minor streams the connections and the bridges. The site has a unique L-shaped footprint that strolls between existing buildings. The museum is rationally organised as five main suites, and is day-lit with a sinuous roof of controllable skylights, louvres and beams which orientate the visitors and create uplifting spaces. The permeable plaza not only recreates routes and connections, but also forces to consider the new context that is created to engage with the activities within.

Concert House Danish Radio Copenhagen in Denmark was designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel for Danish public broadcaster DR. Jean Nouvel won the competition to design the concert hall in 2002, a fourth component of DR City, a 1.42-million-square-foot complex for Danish Radio’s offices, TV, radio, and orchestra productions. Located on the outskirts of Copenhagen, the 592,000-square-foot Copenhagen Concert Hall is home to the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. It is designed as a large rectangular box draped in electric-blue translucent fabric with a montage of video images projected onto its surface at night. The complex houses four halls with the main auditorium seating 1,800 people. The multilevel interior foyer also changes by day and by night. In broad daylight, the main lobby resembles an airport from a 1940s war movie, where sunlight infiltrates through large window walls and illuminates the dark concrete floor and military-style furnishings designed to resemble flight crates for musical instruments.

Acropolis Museum Athens was designed by Greece Bernard Tschumi Architects. The base of the museum floats on pilotis over the existing archeological excavations, protecting the site with a network of columns. This level includes the entrance lobby as well as temporary exhibition spaces, an auditorium, and all support facilities. A glass ramp overlooking the archeological excavations leads to the galleries in the middle, in the form of a double-height room supported by tall columns. The top, which is made of the rectangular Parthenon Gallery arranged around an indoor court, rotates to orient the marbles of the Frieze exactly as they were at the Parthenon centuries ago. Its transparent enclosure provides ideal light for sculpture in direct view to and from the Acropolis, using the contemporary glass technology to protect the gallery against excessive heat and light.

Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal Arnhem in The Netherlands was designed by Architectenbureau Koen van Velsen. A multifunctional auditorium with flexible space for wheelchairs and beds was built as part of the rehabilitation centre Groot Klimmendaal. A notable element of the design is the telescopic seating system made of three parts. The parts of the system can be set up in the auditorium as a whole or independent of each other. The first row of the central part can be pushed in to provide more room for wheelchairs or beds. There are a total of 187 seats with the seating system easily movable through the air cushion system.

These six finalists have been shortlisted from 343 works in 33 European countries. The award ceremony will take place on 20 June 2011 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, Spain.