These are the selected projects in the running for the 2018 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize

The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, awarded annually by Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture, today announced the 2018 Outstanding Projects at an event in Venice, Italy. 

The recognized buildings, representing recent work from across the American continent, were selected from nearly 200 initial nominations by this year's jury which comprises Jury Chair Ricky Burdett CBE, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age Programme (London); Jose Castillo, Principal, Arquitectura 911sc (Mexico City); Ron Henderson, Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology and Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism (Chicago); Rodrigo Pérez de Arce, Professor, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica (Santiago); and Claire Weisz, Founding Principal of WXY (New York).

The finalists for the 2018 MCHAP prize will be unveiled in July and the final winner on October 10. Stay tuned for updates.

These are the selected Outstanding Projects:

• 239 House in São Paulo, Brazil by Una Arquitetos
• Alfred Taubman Wing of the Art and Architecture Building in Ann Arbor, Michigan, US by Preston Scott Cohen & Carl Dworkin
• Audain Art Museum in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, by John and Patricia Patkau
• Aysén State Museum in Coyhaique, Aysén, Chile by Cristóbal Tirado + Silvia Barbera y Jorge Batesteza

• Cave of Light (SIFAIS) in La Carpio, San Jose, Costa Rica by Entre Nos Atelier
• Daniels Building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by NADAAA
• EXPERIMENTA 21 in Córdoba, Argentina by MORINI ARQUITECTOS

• Figueras Polo Stables in General Rodríguez, Buenos Aires, Argentina by
• Juan Ignacio Ramos & Ignacio Ramos
• Fort York National Historic Site Visitor Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by by John and Patricia Patkau

• Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá Hospital Expansion in Bogotá, Colombia by Giancarlo Mazzanti Sierra
• Hermosillo Social Housing in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico by Alberto Kalach
• Huma Klabin Residential Building in São Paulo, Brazil by Una Arquitetos

• IMS Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil by Andrade Morettin Architects
• Iturbide Studio in Mexico City, Mexico by Taller | Mauricio Rocha+Gabriela Carrillo
• Kent State Center for Architecture and Environmental Design in Kent, Ohio, US by WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

• Learning Landscape - Piura University in Piura, Peru by Sandra Barclay-Jean Pierre Crousse
• MAPOCHO 42K in Santiago, Chile by M42K Lab_Sandra Iturriaga
• Medellín River Parks Phase 1A in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia by Sebastián Monsalve Gómez

• Oaxaca's Historical Archive Building in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico by Ignacio Mendaro Corsini
• PRO.CRE.AR Buenos Aires Station Sector 10 in Barracas, Buenos Aires, Argentina by Manteola, Sánchez Gómez, Santos, Solsona, Sallaberry, Vinsón arquitectos
• Punta Caliza Holbox Hotel in Lázaro Cárdenaz, Quintana Roo, Mexico by Estudio Macías Peredo

• Rode house in Chiloe Island, X Region, Chile by Pezo von Ellrichshausen
• Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center in New York, US by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
• SESC 24 de Maio in São Paulo, Brazil by Paulo Mendes da Rocha

• Smithsonian National Museum in Washington D.C., US by Freelon Adjaye Bond & Smith Group
• Tepanzolco Cultural Center in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico by PRODUCTORA + Isaac Broid
• The SIX Affordable Veterans Housing in Los Angeles, California US by Brooks + Scarpa

• Torre Reforma in Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico by L. Benjamin Romano
• True North in Detroit, Michigan, US by Edwin Chan/EC3
• Typical Metro Stations - Line 2 Bahia in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by JBMC arquitetura e urbanismo
• Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois, US by Studio Gang