EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture—Mies van der Rohe exhibition opened at Amorpha Urban Architecture School in Varna, Bulgaria.

The EUmies Awards exhibition invites visitors to explore the diversity of contemporary European architecture through drawings, documentation and the jury’s perspective on today’s social, cultural and environmental challenges.

Venue: House of Architects—Varna, Bulgaria
Duration: 20 – 31 July, Mon-Fri, 10:00 – 17:00

Ivan Blasi, Director of the EUmies Awards European – Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – at the Fundació Mies van der Rohe in Barcelona, opened the exhibition alongside arch. Monika Marinova, Director of Amorpha Urban Architecture School, arch. Nikolay Rachinski, Chair of Union of Bulgarian Architects – Varna Chapter and Deputy Chair of the Union of Bulgarian Architects and Maria Badjakova – Director of Amorpha Foundation.

The exhibition opening was accompanied by a public lecture by EUmies Awards director Ivan Blasi in the Plenary Hall at Varna Municipality. The lecture outlined the objectives and significance of the award alongside the most recent European trends in architecture marked by the outstanding projects selected as winners in the award’s recent editions in all categories.

The exhibition and public lecture is part of the Closing Programme in Amorpha Urban Architecture School organised by Amorpha Youth Foundation in partnership with Fundació Mies van der Rohe—Barcelona, Goethe-Institut Bulgaria, Union of Bulgarian Architects—Varna Chapter and Varna Free University Architecture Faculty, and cofunded by Varna Municipality.

Photography by Alexander Lazarov / Amorpha Foundation, AUAS’2026.