Finalists announced for the European Prize for Urban Public Space

The International Jury of the 9th European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016 has selected this year’s 25 finalists, representing the best interventions carried out in public space in European cities in 2014 and 2015. These include temporary bridge over Charleroi canal Brussels (Belgium), wooden benches in the main square Burchen (Switzerland), Norreport Station Copenhagen (Denmark) and a new lift to the historic centre Gironella (Spain) to name a few. The international jury presided by the architect Enric Batlle on behalf of the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona (CCCB), comprises of Matevz Celik, Director of the Museum of Architecture and Design of Ljubljana; Hans Ibelings, a Dutch architecture historian and critic; Juulia Kauste, Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki; Ewa P Porebska, an architect and architecture critic from Warsaw; Francis Rambert, Director of the Institut français d’architecture in Paris; Peter Schmal, Director of the Deutsches Architektur museum in Frankfurt; Dietmar Steiner, Director of the Architekturzentrum Wien and Ellis Woodman, Director of the Architecture Foundation in London. A total of 276 candidatures from 33 countries had submitted proposals for the prize this year. The jury’s verdict will be announced at the award ceremony, to be held at the CCCB on 4th July 2016.
http://www.archdaily.com/787775/the-european-prize-for-urban-public-space-names-25-finalists-for-2016
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By: Betterinteriors