Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence

Description

According to the Bruner Foundation, the award is intended to be a platform for the discussion of issues related to urban architecture, planning and revitalization. It has been recognized by the United States Conference of Mayors, The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Design Research Association.

The biennial award recognizes one Gold Medal and four silver medal winners each cycle. Each medalist is documented with a detailed case study published online and in a book by the Bruner Foundation. The gold medal winner receives $50,000 and the four silver medalists each receive $10,000 which must be used to benefit the project. These winners are chosen by a diverse committee of professionals involved in design and development. These committee members include architects, landscape architects, planners, developers, community organizers, financiers, and the mayor of a major metropolitan area.

Criteria and selection process

The selection process involves a study of a project’s effect on its urban environment including a detailed application, discussion by selection committee members, and site visits to finalist projects. A selection committee is organized anew for each award cycle.

In order to be eligible for consideration, projects must be:

an actual place, not just a plan or a program;

completed and in operation for sufficient amount of time to demonstrate success

located in the continental US

There are no distinct categories. Projects may include any type that makes a positive contribution to the urban environment. Urban environment is broadly defined to include cities, towns, neighborhoods, counties and/or regions. Previous applicants and honorable mention winners may apply up to three times. Previous winners are not eligible.

List of winners

2015 Gold Medal

Miller's Court, Baltimore, MD

2015 Silver Medals

Falls Park on the Reedy, Greenville, SCGrand Rapids Downtown Market, Grand Rapids, MIQuixote Village, Olympia, WAUptown District, Cleveland, OH

2013 Gold Medal

Inspiration Kitchens--Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois

2013 Silver Medals

Congo Street Initiative, Dallas, TexasLouisville Waterfront Park, Louisville, KentuckyThe Steel Yard, Providence, Rhode IslandVia Verde, Bronx, New York

2011 Gold Medal:

The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center, Dallas, Texas

2011 Silver Medals:

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, New YorkPhoenix Civic Space Park, Phoenix, ArizonaGary Comer Youth Center/Gary Comer College Prep, Chicago, IllinoisThe Santa Fe Railyard Redevelopment, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2009 Gold Medal:

Inner-City Arts, Los Angeles, California

2009 Silver Medals:

Hunts Point Riverside Park, Bronx, New YorkMillennium Park, Chicago, IllinoisSt. Joseph Rebuild Center, New Orleans, LouisianaThe Community Chalkboard and Podium, Charlottesville, Virginia

2007 Gold Medal:

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2007 Silver Medals:

Artists for Humanity Epicenter, Boston, MassachusettsCrossroads Project and Marsupial Bridge, Milwaukee, WisconsinHigh Point Redevelopment Project, Seattle, WashingtonLA Design Center, Los Angeles, CaliforniaColumbus Circle Public Plaza, New York, New York

2005 Gold Medal:

Portland Streetcar Project, Portland, Oregon

2005 Silver Medals:

Lower Town Artist Relocation Program, Paducah, KentuckyHeidelberg Project, Detroit, MichiganFruitvale Village, Oakland, CaliforniaDowntown Silver Spring, Maryland

2003 Gold Medal:

Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, Los Angeles, California

2003 Silver Medals:

Bridgemarket, New York, New YorkColorado Court Housing, Santa Monica, CaliforniaRed Hook Community Justice Center, Brooklyn, New YorkProvidence River Relocation, Providence, Rhode Island

2001 Gold Medal:

The Village of Arts and Humanities, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2001 Silver Medals:

Swan’s Marketplace (10th Street Market), Oakland, CaliforniaSouth Platte River Greenway, Denver, ColoradoNew Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New JerseyLower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York

1999 Gold Medal:

Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California

1999 Silver Medals:

ARTScorps LA, Los Angeles, CaliforniaNational AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco, CaliforniaParkside Historic Preservation Corporation, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPortland Public Market, Portland, Maine

1997 Gold Medal:

The Times Square, New York, New York

1997 Silver Medals:

Cleveland Historic Warehouse District, Cleveland, OhioProject Row Houses, Houston, TexasCenter in the Square, Roanoke, VirginiaHismen Hin-nu (Sun Gate) Terrace, Oakland, California

1995 Winner:

Maya Angelou Community Initiative, Portland, Oregon

1995 Finalists:

Campus Circle, Milwaukee, WisconsinDudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Boston, MassachusettsGreenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center, Brooklyn, New YorkHarlem Meer, New York, New YorkLowertown, Saint Paul, Minnesota

1993 Co-winners:

Harbor Point (Columbia Point), Boston, MassachusettsNew Community Corporation, Newark, New Jersey

1993 Finalists:

Betts-Longworth Historic District, Cincinnati, OhioBeyond Homelessness, San Francisco, CaliforniaThe Park at Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts

1991 Winner:

Greenmarket, New York, New York

1991 Finalists:

Brooklyn-Queens Greenway, Brooklyn and Queens, New YorkOcean Drive Improvement Project, Miami Beach, FloridaRoslindale Village Main Street, Boston, MassachusettsWest Clinton Action Plan, Portland, Oregon

1989 Co-winners:

Tenant Interim Leasing Program, New York, New YorkDowntown Plan, Portland, Oregon

1989 Finalists:

Southwest Corridor Project, Boston, MassachusettsStowe Recreation Path, Stowe, VermontRadial Reuse Project, Lincoln, NebraskaCabrillo Village, Saticoy, California

1987 Winner:

Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington

1987 Finalists:

Casa Rita, South Bronx, New YorkQuality Hill, Kansas City, MissouriFairmount Health Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

List of publications

2015 Challenging Conventions: The 2015 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Richard Wener, PhD; Jay Farbstein, FAIA, PhD; Anne-Marie Lubenau, AIA; and Robert Shibley, FAIA, FAICP; Edited by Elizabeth Chesla, MA

2013 Inspiring Change: 2013 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Richard Wener, PhD; Jay Farbstein, FAIA, PhD; Anne-Marie Lubenau, AIA; and Robert Shibley, FAIA, AICP

2011 Partnering Strategies for the Urban Edge: 2011 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Robert Shibley, AIA, AICP, with Brandy Brooks, Director, Rudy Bruner Award, Jay Farbstein, PhD, FAIA, and Richard Wener, PhD, Bruner Foundation, 2011.

2009 Urban Transformation: 2009 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Jay Farbstein, PhD, FAIA, with Emily Axelrod, MCP, Robert Shibley, AIA, AICP, and Richard Wener, PhD, Bruner Foundation, 2009.

2007 Building Sustainable Neighborhoods: 2007 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Richard Wener, PhD, with Emily Axelrod, MCP, Jay Farbstein, PhD, FAIA, and Robert Shibley, AIA, AICP, Bruner Foundation, 2007.

2005 Reinventing Downtown: 2005 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Robert Shibley with Emily Axelrod, Jay Farbstein, FAIA, and Richard Wener, PhD, Bruner Foundation, 2005.

2003 New Directions in Urban Excellence, Jay Farbstein with Emily Axelrod, Robert Shibley and Richard Wener, Bruner Foundation, 2003.

2001 Placemaking for Change: 2001 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Richard Wener with Emily Axelrod, Jay Farbstein and Polly Welch, Bruner Foundation, 2002.

1999 Commitment to Place: Urban Excellence and Community, Robert G. Shibley with Emily Axelrod, Jay Farbstein, and Richard Wener, Bruner Foundation, 1999.

1997 Visions of Urban Excellence, Emily Axelrod, Jay Farbstein and Richard Wener, Bruner Foundation, 1998.

1995 Building Coalitions for Urban Excellence, Jay Farbstein and Richard Wener, Bruner Foundation, 1996.

1993 Rebuilding Communities: Re-creating Urban Excellence, Jay Farbstein and Richard Wener, Bruner Foundation, 1993.

1991 Connections: Creating Urban Excellence, Jay Farbstein and Richard Wener, Bruner Foundation, 1992.

1989 Breakthroughs: Re-creating the American City, Neal R. Peirce and Robert Guskind, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, 1993.

1987 Urban Excellence, Philip Langdon with Robert Shibley and Polly Welch, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990.