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Rudy Bruner Award
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Viewpoints
6 Takeaways for Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America
The 14-week “Inspiring Design” speaker series, a Rudy Bruner Award and Northeastern University partnership, concludes with a vision for an inclusive and equitable urban future.
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Embedding Conversation, Culture, and Creativity into Inclusive Planning in America
Recent “Inspiring Design” sessions—a partnership between the Rudy Bruner Award and Northeastern University—explored the roles of memory and cultural resources in advancing equitable development.
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Addressing the Intersecting Challenges of Climate Change, Housing, and Social Equity
A partnership between the Rudy Bruner Award and Northeastern University, recent “Inspiring Design” sessions examined how inclusive places and practices build social capital to drive systemic change.
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The Rudy Bruner Award Speaker Series Continues: Building Equity with Housing and Parks
Hosted in partnership with Northeastern University, the RBA's "Inspiring Design" series explores models of equitable and inclusive spaces.
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The Rudy Bruner Award Continues Its Speaker Series: Engaging Communities via Food and Education
A partnership with Northeastern University, "Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America" draws on the award organization's national network.
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Projects
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Launches a Speaker Series Dedicated to Planning Equity
A partnership with Northeastern University, "Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America" draws on the award organization's national network.
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Profiles
RBA Director Anne-Marie Lubenau on the Power of Design to Transform Communities
The biennial Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA), which recently named its Silver and Gold winners, showcases exceptional urban projects in cities large and small.
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Gold and Silver Medalists Announced for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
The biennial award program honors outstanding projects that improve the social, economic, and ecological vitality of American cities.
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Projects
In Lynn, Massachusetts, a Public Art and Lighting Initiative Enlivens a Former Industrial City Center
The city's expansive downtown installation comprises 42 large-scale murals by renowned street artists, underpass lighting, and 11 refurbished vintage neon signs
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Projects
In Houston, a Resilient Public Greenspace Reconnects “the Bayou City” to the Neglected Waterway Where It Was Founded
The $58 million, the 160-acre park integrates new trails, amenities, and native ecology with critical stormwater management and mitigation.
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Projects
In Sulphur Springs, Texas, a Community-Driven Vision Sparks Downtown Revitalization and Pride
Two years of collaborative planning produced a $6.3 million renewal of the rural city’s four-acre civic square and main streets.
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Projects
In New Orleans, Skateboarding Youth Partner with a Community Design Center to Create a Skate Park Under a Highway Overpass
Built on underused, vacant land, the $450,000, 2,400-square-foot venue is the city’s first public skate park.
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In Memphis, Community Leadership Drives the Transformation of an Abandoned Sears Warehouse into a Vertical Urban Village
The biggest adaptive reuse initiative in Tennessee and the largest LEED Platinum Certified historic adaptive reuse project in the world, the $210 million complex was nearly a decade in the making.
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Viewpoints
Five Finalists Announced for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
The national prize, which recognizes urban-focused designs and initiatives, has tapped a range of projects this year, from a DIY skate park in New Orleans to a public lighting initiative in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Projects
Rudy Bruner Award Committee: Visionary Urban Planning Requires Ambitious Public Sector
The five 2017 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) medalists provide powerful examples of the ability of the public sector to lead, inspire, and invest in places.
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Projects
And the 2017 Winner of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Is…
This year's award goes to the SteelStacks campus, an abandoned steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania turned mixed-use cultural and entertainment district.
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Projects
Spotlight: Chicago Riverwalk’s Transformation Into Recreational Frontier
The popular new public space, a finalist for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, is part of Mayor Emanuel’s “Building on Burnham” initiative.
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Projects
Civic Anchor Signals New Life for Boston’s Dudley Square
A finalist for the 2017 Rudy Bruner Award, the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building integrates a public school headquarters, neighborhood retail, and transit into a new community hub.
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Projects
Factory-Turned-Arts-Campus Forges Future from Industrial Past
Once the site of an abandoned steel mill, the SteelStacks Arts and Cultural Campus, a finalist for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, is now a remarkable mixed-use district in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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Projects
Spotlight: Housing for Formerly Homeless in New Orleans’ Historic Neighborhoods
A finalist for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, the Iberville Offsite Rehabs are 46 historic homes rehabilitated for formerly homeless women and children in New Orleans' Seventh Ward and Treme neighborhoods.