European Prize for Urban Public Space

{{Short description|Biennial award (est. 2000)}}

The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial award established in 2000 to recognise public space projects.[http://www.publicspace.org/en/prize/history Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona: "History"], retrieved 24 August 2013 It is organised by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona together with six other European institutions: The Architecture Foundation, Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Architekturzentrum Wien, Netherlands Architecture Institute, German Architecture Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture.A10: [http://www.a10.eu/news/headlines/european_prize_for_urban_public_space.html "European Prize for Urban Public Space"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307031658/http://www.a10.eu/news/headlines/european_prize_for_urban_public_space.html |date=2016-03-07 }}, 1 May 2010 The number of nominations for the prize increased from 81 projects in 2000 to 347 projects in 2012, while the number of countries participating increased form 14 in the first year to 36 in 2012.Architecture Today: [http://www.architecturetoday.co.uk/?p=23728 "Ljubljana/ Barcelona: Winners of the 2012 European Prize for Urban Public Space"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173123/http://www.architecturetoday.co.uk/?p=23728 |date=2015-09-23 }}, 27 June 2012 Most entries have been received from Spain and only few from Central Europe.

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List of award winners

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scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Project

! scope="col" |Location

rowspan="2" | 2000

| Can Mulà new urban centre

| Mollet del Vallès, Spain

Smithfield Public Space

| Dublin, Ireland

rowspan="2" | 2002

| New park and riverside walks

| Zuera, Spain

Stadtteilpark Reudnitz

| Leipzig, Germany

rowspan="2" | 2004

| New system of lifts

| Teruel, Spain

Recovery of rubbish tip as a public park

| Begues, Spain

rowspan="2" | 2006

| A8ernA, space below the motorway A8

| Zaanstad, Netherlands

Sea organ on a new marine parade

| Zadar, Croatia

2008

| Barking Town Square

| London, United Kingdom

rowspan="2" | 2010

| Open-Air-Library

| Magdeburg, Germany

Oslo Opera House roof

| Oslo, Norway

rowspan="2" | 2012

| Ljubljanica river banks renovation

| Ljubljana, Slovenia

Landscaping of Turó de la Rovira

| Barcelona, Spain

rowspan="2" | 2014

| Renovation of the Old Port of Marseille

| Marseille, France

The braided valley park

| Elche, Spain

rowspan="2" | 2016

| Recovery of the Irrigation System at the Thermal Orchards

| Caldes de Montbui, Spain

Dialogue Centre “Przełomy” at Solidarność Square

| Szczecin, Poland

2018

|Skanderbeg Square, renovation[https://www.publicspace.org/works/-/project/k056-skanderbeg-square Renovation of Skanderbeg Square], retrieved 6 July 2018

|Tirana, Albania

2022

|Catharijnesingel restoration[https://www.publicspace.org/en/works/-/project/m357-catharijnesingel Catharijnesingel ], retrieved 13 December 2023

|Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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Further reading

  • Magda Anglès (2010) In Favour of Public Space: Ten Years of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, Actar, {{ISBN|978-84-92861-38-5}}
  • Diane Grey (2015) Europe City: Lessons from the European Prize for Urban Public Space, Lars Müller