Karl Steiner has been shortlisted for an international architecture award for the transformation of a former industrial building into a mixed-use cultural space.

The project retains the majority of the original structural framework while introducing new circulation, exhibition spaces, workshops, and public areas.

The jury cited the project's measured approach to intervention.

Instead of disguising the building's previous identity, the proposal allows existing concrete surfaces, structural bays, and traces of industrial use to remain visible.

New elements are deliberately differentiated from the original structure.

This distinction allows visitors to read the building as a sequence of different moments rather than as a single architectural gesture.

The project is part of the practice's ongoing research into adaptive reuse and the relationship between architecture and time.

The shortlist was announced following an international review of completed and ongoing projects across architecture, interiors, and urban transformation.

The final award will be announced later this year.