Semifinalists — Public Buildings
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Canadian-American architect known for his deconstructivist buildings with sculptural, billowing metallic forms. Famous for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Dancing House in Prague.

Danish architect best known for designing the Sydney Opera House, one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century. Also designed the Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen and the Kuwait National Assembly Building.

Sir Denys Louis Lasdun, was an eminent English architect. Probably his best known work is the Royal National Theatre, on London's South Bank of the Thames, which is a Grade II* listed building and one of the most notable examples of Brutalist design in the United Kingdom.