The winners of The European Prize for Urban Public Space 2014 were announced on 25 April 2014 as below:
JOINT WINNERS
- Renovation of the Old Port, Marseille, France by Michael Desvigne and Norman Robert Foster
- The Branded Valley, Elx, Spain by Grupe Aranea
SPECIAL MENTIONS
- Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria by Bernardo Bader
- Opening of Rainham Marshes, London, UK by Peter Beard
- "Baana" Pedestrian and Bicycle Corridor, Helsinki, Finland by Helsinki City Council
- La Lira Theatre, Ripoll, Spain by RCA Aranda Pigem Viilalta Arquitectes SLB
The biennial competition, for which The Architecture Foundation is the London partner, aims to highlight the importance of public space as catalyst of urban life in European cities. Major projects that have created, remodelled or improved public spaces in Europe and were completed in, or between 2012-2014 were submitted for consideration by an international jury.
The Jury of the 2014 Prize will consist of the following members:
Carme Ribas, who will be representing the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (President); Matevž Celik, Director, Museum of Architecture and Design; Sarah Ichioka, Director, The Architecture Foundation; Juulia Kauste, Director, Museum of Finnish Architecture; Francis Rambert, Director, La Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine; Peter Schmal, Director, Deutsches Architekturmuseum; and Dietmar Steiner, Director, Architekturzentrum Wien.
Please visit http://www.publicspace.org/ for further details.
Organised by:
Barcelona
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
In partnership with:
Frankfurt
Deutsches Architekturmuseum
Helsinki
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Ljubljana
Museum of Architecture and Design
London
The Architecture Foundation
Paris
La Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine
Vienna
Architekturzentrum Wien