Unbuilt Architecture Design Awards 2009

Result

WILLO VON MOLTKE AWARD FOR URBAN DESIGN
Plaza de Convalecencia District Masterplan in San Juan, Puerto Rico for Capital City of San Juan, Puerto Rico and Hon. Jorge Santini Padilla, Mayor

Designed by Antonio Di Mambro + Associates (Boston)

AWARD FOR URBAN REGENERATION
Gowanus Canal Sponge Park in Brooklyn, New York for Gownanus Canal Conservancy

Designed by dlandstudio (Brooklyn, NY)

AWARD FOR URBAN DESIGN
Plymouth Public Space Action Plan for the Town of Plymouth, Massachusetts

Designed by Carlone & Associates (Cambridge, MA) with project team members CDM/Camp Dresser & McKee (landscape architecture, Cambridge, MA), Bluestone Planning Group (urban design, Cambridge, MA), GLC Development Resources (real estate consulting, Boston) and Stantec (landscape architecture, Boston)

AWARD FOR PLACEMAKING
Santa Fe Railyard Park in Santa Fe, New Mexico for The Trust for Public Land (Santa Fe) and City of Santa Fe Parks and Recreation

Designed by Ken Smith Landscape Architect (New York) and Frederic Schwartz Architects (New York) with project team members Mary Miss (artist, New York), URS (structural/M/E/P engineers, Los Alamos, NM) and Harris Consultants (construction manager, Santa Fe, NM)

CITATION FOR URBAN OPEN-SPACE SYSTEM
MacArthur Park District Masterplan in Little Rock, Arkansas for City of Little Rock Parks and Recreation Department

Designed by University of Arkansas Community Design Center (sustainable design and urban planning, Fayetteville, AR) and Conway+Schulte Architects, P.A. (architecture and urban design, Minneapolis) with project team members oslund.and.assoc. (landscape architecture, Minneapolis), McClelland Consulting Engineers (civil engineering and landscape architecture, Fayetteville, AR), Donjek (finance for placemakers, Saint Paul, MN), University of Arkansas, Little Rock (urban studies and design), City of Little Rock and MacArthur Park Group

CITATION FOR INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION AND OPEN-SPACE PLANNING
Queens Plaza Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project in Queens, New York for the New York City Department of City Planning and the New York City Economic Development Corporation

Designed by Marpillero Pollack Architects (New York) with project team members Wallace Roberts and Todd (landscape architects, New York)

CITATION FOR COMMUNITY PROCESS AND ADVOCACY
Hunters Point Shipyard/Candlestick Point Alternatives for Study in San Francisco

Designed by Bionic (San Francisco)

CITATION FOR MASTERPLANNING CONSIDERATION OF CLIMATE CONDITIONS
Abu Dhabi University Education Park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for Fortune
Properties/Abu Dhabi University

Designed by Sasaki Associates (Watertown, MA) with local architects Dar Al Handasah Nazih Taleb and Partners

Overview

This is the 18th annual call for entries of architectural design work that to date remains unbuilt.

Description
Architects, architectural educators and architecture students throughout the world are invited to submit real or theoretical projects. Projects under construction or otherwise apparently assured of construction are not eligible.

Jury
Henry Moss AIA (Bruner/Cott & Associates, Cambridge MA) and architects, landscape architects, planners, clients and other industry professionals

Prize
Award certificates and/or cash prizes may be provided (in recent years, cash prizes have averaged US$300–500).

Entry Fee
US$135.00 (US$95.00 for BSA members)

Entries
a single 31" x 31" x 3/16" (or 1/4") [78.75cm x 78.75cm x 0.5cm] foam-core board and a digital image of the board on a CD

Submission Address
Unbuilt Architecture Awards
Boston Society of Architects/AIA
52 Broad St., Boston MA 02109-4301, USA

Timetable
Awards presentations/jury discussion: November 18, 2009 in Boston
Exhibition: November 18–20, 2009 in Boston

Links
Past winners

Organizer
The Boston Society of Architects

Official Website
http://architects.org/design_awards_programs/index.....