A look at the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize nominees for 2024

The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize nominees have been announced along with a jury for the biennial award's 5th cycle by the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

Many of the highest-profile new American buildings made the list of 219 nominated projects; among them, 111 West 57th Street, The Brooklyn Tower, new Buffalo AKG Museum, and Center for Computing Sciences at Boston University were some of the most prominent. Other smaller U.S. nominees include John Ronan Architects’ Chicago Park District Headquarters and LEVENBETTS’ East Flatbush Public Library branch in Brooklyn. The new Louis Armstrong Center in Queens and International African American Museum in South Carolina led the country’s cultural output, while the Wrapper, Uber headquarters, and Google Bay View were among several Californian selections featured in the commercial sector. 

Mexico placed a total of 37 projects on the list, highlighted by new mainstays Colectivo C733 and PRODUCTORA DF. Taller Gabriela Carrillo, winner of the Royal Academy’s 2023 Dorfman Award, was joined by recent AR Emerging Voice winners TO. Bogotá, Colombia, and Lima, Peru, each had seven projects featured. Toronto-based Omar Gandhi led the field of Canadian architects on the list as the country's only firm with more than one project nominated. They were joined by 42 finalists for this year's MCHAP.emerge Award.

MCHAP Director Dirk Denison stated: "This year marks a full decade since the first MCHAP award, and it’s been a great honor to recognize more than a thousand nominated works that reveal the power of architecture to improve the quality of lives. We have learned so much from the stories of these projects and the people who made them happen. We’re proud to continue to share the lessons of impactful works from the last two years."

Jury Chair Maurice Cox and nominees Gregg Pasquarelli and Mauricio Rocha are joined by Canadian Centre for Architecture director Giovanna Boras and the 2014 Prize for Emerging Practice winner Sofia von Ellrichshausen in the judging process, which culminates in a special ceremony at IIT on March 21, 2025. 

The winner of the MCHAP.emerge award will be announced on September 27 this year as part of a multi-day summit convened in the historic S.R. Crown Hall.