The Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design is a biannual award that acknowledges remarkable urban design projects that include multiple buildings or an open space, improve the quality of urban life, and have a humane and beneficial impact. It is awarded by Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (Mass., U.S.A.) and was founded in 1986 to mark the 350th anniversary of Harvard University and the 50th anniversary of the Graduate School of Design.
The award has been cited as the world's most important for urban planning. It comes with a prize of $50,000 (in 2017). Among its unique particularities, is that its jury members visit finalist projects in person.
Recipient projects 2023: Grand Paris Express (Paris, France). Société du Grand Paris 2017: High Line (New York City, New York). Friends of the High Line, designed by James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf 2015: Madrid Río (Madrid, Spain). Ginés Garrido (of Burgos & Garrido), Porras La Casta, Rubio & Álvarez-Sala, and West 8 2013: Metro do Porto (Porto, Portugal). Eduardo Souto de Moura with the Metro do Porto Northeastern Urban Integration Project (Medellín, Colombia). City of Medellín with Alejandro Echeverri and the Empresa de Desarrollo Urbano agency 2010: Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project (Seoul, South Korea). Seoul Metropolitan Government 2007: Olympic Sculpture Park (Seattle, Washington). Weiss/Manfredi 2005: Rehabilitation of the Old City of Aleppo (Aleppo, Syria). City of Aleppo 2002: Borneo Sporenburg Residential Waterfront (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Adriaan Geuze/West 8 2000: Favela-Bairro Project (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Jorge Mario Jáuregui 1998: Bilbao Metro (Bilbao, Spain). Foster and Partners Carré d'Art (Nîmes, France). Foster and Partners 1996: Historic Center (Mexico City, Mexico) Xochimilco District (Mexico City, Mexico). Mexico City 1993: Hillside Terrace Complex (Tokyo, Japan). Fumihiko Maki Monte Carasso Master Plan (Monte Carasso, Switzerland). Luigi Snozzi 1990: Urban Public Spaces (Barcelona, Spain). City of Barcelona 1988: Byker Redevelopment (Newcastle, England). Ralph Erskine Malagueira Quarter Housing Project (Évora, Portugal). Álvaro Siza Vieira
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