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Seven exemplary projects in architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and urban design have been named winners of the 2009 Great Places Awards, EDRA, Places Journal, and Metropolis Magazine have announced.
Design Awards (for completed projects that demonstrate excellence as human environments) were given to:
- The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Oslo, Norway. Snøhetta (Project Architects: Craig Dykers, Tarald Lundevall, Kjetil Traedal Thorsen)
- Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA. Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects (Rick Sundberg, Principal in Charge; Stephen Yamada-Heidner, Project Manager)
Planning Awards (for projects that make proposals for the future design, use, or management of a place) were given to:
- Vision 2030: West Dallas Gateway, Strategic Framework Initiative. Univ. of Texas, Dallas Urban Laboratory, Dean J. Almy, Director
- Guangming Sustainable Park, Shenzen, China.CJ Lim, Studio 8 Architects
- Resuscitating the Fez River: Procedures to Create New Public Space in the Medina of Fez.Takako Tajima, Aziza Chaouni, Bureau E.A.S.T.
A Research Award (for projects that investigate the relationship between design and human behavior, culture or experience) were given to:
- Design for Health: University of Minnesota, Cornell University, University of Colorado. Phase 1 core team: Dr. Ann Forsyth, Dr. Kevin Krizek, Dr. Carissa Schively Slotterback, Amanda Johnson, Aly Pennucci, Michael Huber.
The Book Award (for a recently published book advancing the critical understanding of place and the design of exceptional environments) was given to:
- Daring to Look: Dorothea Langeâs Photographs and Reports from the Field, by Anne Whiston Spirn; published in 2008 by the University of Chicago Press.
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