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2008 EDRA/Places Awards in Cooperation with Metropolis Magazine
Seven exemplary projects were named winners of the 2008 EDRA/Places Awards, held this year in cooperation with Metropolis magazine. The awards recognize distinguished work in Place Design, Place Planning, and Place Research. A book award was also given for the first time in 2008. The awards were presented May 30 at EDRA’s 34th annual meeting, in Veracruz, Mexico. Judging took place February 29 to March 1 at the School of Architecture and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jurors for the eleventh annual awards were Dennis Frenchman, Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leanne Rivlin, Professor, Environmental Psychology Doctoral Program, City University of New York
Award for Place Design Olympic Sculpture Park—Seattle, WA
Fritz Steiner, Dean, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism: Marion Weiss and Michael A Manfredi, Design Partners; Christopher Ballentine, Project Manager; Todd Hoehn
Susan S. Szenasy, Editor in Chief, Metropolis
and Yehre Suh, Project Architects; and Patrick Armacost, Michael Blasberg, Emily Clanahan, Lauren Crahan, Beatrice Eleazar, Kian Goh, Hamilton Hadden, Mike
Jane Weinzapfel, Principal, Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects
Harshman, Mustapha Jundi, Justin Kwok, John Peek, and Akari Takebayashi.
Book Award
Award for Place Design
America Town: Building the Outposts of Empire, by Mark L. Gillem
Ballard Library and Neighborhood Service Center—Seattle, WA
Published in 2007 by the University of Minnesota Press.
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: Peter Q. Bohlin, FAIA, Principal for Design; Robert
Owner: The Seattle Art Museum
Miller, AIA, Managing Principal, Project Manager; David Cinamon, RA, Project Architect; and Steve Mongillo, AIA, Nguyen Ha, Eric Walter, Daniel Ralls, Zeke Bush, Stephen Gibson, Darren Lloyd.
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Summary
2008 EDRA/Places Awards with Metropolis
Award for Place Planning
Award for Place Research
RIVER + CITY + LIFE: A Guide to Renewing Toronto’s Lower Don Lands
The Historic Chicago Greystone Initiative
Stoss Landscape Urbanism, Chris Reed, Principal. With: Brown + Storey
City Design Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Architecture
Architects, Zas Architects, Nina-Marie Lister, Brookner Studio, Kidd
and the Arts; Roberta R. Feldman, Director.
Consulting, Applied Ecological Services, Moffatt + Nichol, Arup, Pine + Swallow Associates, Nitsch Engineering, and Consult Econ, Inc.
Award for Place Planning
Award for Place Research
The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State
The Landscape Totems: Speculations on Growth and Decay
Suisman Urban Design: Doug Suisman, Principal, with Eli Garsilazo, Senior
Kristi M. Dykema, Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture,
Associate, and Helen Choi, Kevin Short, and Daniel Windsor, Designers.
Louisiana State University
Client: RAND Corporation, Ross Anthony, Project Director.
Places 20.3
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