European Prize for Urban Public Space 2010

  • Winner of the 2010 EPUPS: Open-Air-Library in Magdeburg
  • Photo courtesy of Anja Schlamann

The winners of the 2010 edition of the biennial prize were announced following the convening of the international jury, which included AF Director Sarah Ichioka, on 25 and 26 March 2010:

JOINT WINNERS:
Open-Air-Library in Magdeburg, Germany (pictured above)
New Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway (view AF lecture by Snohetta)

SPECIAL MENTIONS
Urban Activators: theater podium & brug Grotekerkplein in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Paseo Marítimo de la Playa Poniente in Benidorm, Spain
«Passage 56» / espace culturel écologique in Paris, France
Casetas de pescadores en el puerto in Cangas do Morrazo, Spain

The president of the jury in 2010 was architect Rafael Moneo. Other members of the jury were:

Ole Bouman, director of the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Rotterdam);
Severi Blomsted, director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture (Helsinki); 
Sarah Ichioka, director of The Architecture Foundation (London);
Francis Rambert, director of the Institut Français d’Architecture (Paris);
Peter Cachola Schmal, director of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum
Dietmar Steiner, director of the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna).

Please visit http://www.publicspace.org/ for further details.

 

Organizers:

London

The Architecture Foundation

Barcelona

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB)

Paris

Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine

Rotterdam

Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi)

Vienna

Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W)

Helsinki

Museum of Finish Architecture (MFA)