Berlin Cultural Forum competition decided

The Basel-based architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, together with Vogt Landscape Architects from Zurich, will construct the new building for the “Neue Nationalgalerie – Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts” museum at Berlin’s Kulturforum. The jury, chaired by Arno Lederer, made a decision between 40 designs on Tuesday evening.

The Swiss architects beat Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter A/S from Copenhagen (with the landscape architects Schønherr A/S, Copenhagen) and the Berlin office Bruno Fioretti Marquez (with Capatti Staubach Landschaftsarchitekten, Berlin), who won second and third prize. The jury also awarded four commendations to: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) Rotterdam with Inside Outside, Amsterdam; Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/Sanaa, Tokyo, with Bureau Bas Smets, Brussels; Staab Architekten GmbH, Berlin with Levin Monsigny Landschaftsarchitekten, Berlin and Aires Mateus e Associados, Lisbon with Proap Lda, Lisbon.