“Creativity follows mastery, so mastery of skills is the first priority for young talent.” This is the main concept at the heart of the European Prize for Contemporary Architecture – EUmies Awards, an annual award that the Mies van der Rohe Foundation has established with the support of the European Union Creativity Programme. The Young Talent cate- gory, in particular, aims at supporting the talent of newly graduated architects, urbanists, and landscape architects who will be responsible to transform our future environment. The ceremony, the related exhibition and public events will take place concurrently with the Venice Architecture Biennale up to November.