The renovation of the Neues Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island by David Chipperfield Architects and Julian Harrap Architects has been awarded the Grand Prix of the European Heritage Awards 2010.

From the press release: “The Jury was most impressed with the rebirth of the Neues Museum, situated in the centre of Berlin’s Museum Island, which secured and restored the historic structures of the ruin, and connected them to the surrounding museums. The project was conducted with great elegance and efficiency, resulting in an outstanding and exciting example of a sensitive incorporation of groundbreaking contemporary architecture into the minimal-reconstruction of the original structure”.

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