This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence and we’ve been busy! We’ve launched a new website, released our latest publication Challenging Conventions: The 2015 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, and announced the Call for Entries for the 2017 award. One gold medal of $50,000 and four silver medals of $10,000...
RBA Session at Greenbuild + ABXJoin the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) at next month’s USGBC Greenbuild and ABX in Boston for a panel discussion on the 2017 award cycle moderated by ArchitectureBoston editor Renee Loth. Gain insight into the award’s unique selection process from participants, learn about the 2017 medalists, and explore lessons learned...
The 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Call for Entries is Open! Credit: Halkin Mason Photography Weâre excited to announce that the Call for Entries for the 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) is now open! Conferred for more than 30 years, the RBA is a national, biennial design award that recognizes transformative urban places distinguished...
Learning from the Rudy Bruner Award View this email in your browser 2017 Silver Medalist Iberville Offsite Rehabs I & II, before and after, preserves New Orleans’ unique cultural and socio-economic diversity by restoring historic homes for low-income residents. (Photo: Jeff Johnston) How do we create excellent urban places? While there is no single recipe...
Are you interested in learning how communities are building equity by design? RBA director Anne-Marie Lubenau discusses the five common attributes of success in her BD+CU Urban Placemaking: Building Equity by Design for the September issue of Building Design + Construction magazine. Case studies featured include the 2017 Gold Medalist SteelStacks Arts & Cultural...
Rudy Bruner Award Roundtable at ACSPJoin the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) at this month’s Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning annual conference in Buffalo for a round table discussion moderated by University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning dean Bob Shibley. Gain insight into how the RBA and its 30 years of winners, case...
There’s still time to submit a project for the 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA)! Submissions are due December 12, 2008 at midnight EST. The RBA is a national, design award that recognizes transformative urban places that contribute to the economic, environmental, and social vitality of American cities. Click here or visit our website to learn...
Inside the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence With any award program, there’s a lot of curiosity about what happens “behind the scenes” during the selection process. Last year the Bruner Foundation invited Boston-based writer Barbara Epstein to join us for the 2019 RBA and share her experience with our readers. As Barbara writes, what she discovered was...
Join us for an in-depth discussion about urban places Exploring Urban Excellence:Sustaining Vibrant Urban Places in an Era of Social DistancingThursday, July 16, 2020 at 1:00 pm EDT Bringing people, ideas, goods and services together are hallmarks of urban life. So how are places designed with that in mind adapting to the challenges—both immediate and prolonged—of...
Join us for an in-depth discussion about urban places Exploring Urban Excellence:Sustaining Vibrant Urban Places in an Era of Social DistancingTomorrow, Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 1:00 pm EDT Bringing people, ideas, goods and services together are hallmarks of urban life. So how are places designed with that in mind adapting to the challenges—both immediate and...