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THE
BEST URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD BUILT IN.EU
IN THE LAST 25 YEARS | ||||||||||
Prix
Rotthier pour la Reconstruction de La Ville 2008 | ||||||||||
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Philippe Rotthier, Fondation Pour l'Architecture, A Vision of Europe, Civicarch | ||||||||||
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 Plessis-Robinson France |  Val d'Europe France |  Neumarkt Dresden, Germany |  Palermo Italy |  Poundbury Dorchester, UK | ||||||
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EU-PRIZE WINNERS Top-10 | ||||||||||
 Gladbeck Germany |  Alessandria Italy |  Irun Spain |  Heulebrug Belgium |  Akroken Sundsvall, Sweden | ||||||
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International jury of the 2008 Philippe Rotthier European Prize is pleased to
announce the TOP-10 urban neighbourhoods awarded in Brussels last June 13,14 at
the Fondation pour l’Architecture. Among the 88 entries selected, these are the best New Urban Neighbourhoods built in Europe in the last 25 years: - Grand Prix Philippe Rotthier for The Best Operation of Urban Renaissance in a sub-urban city: Plessis-Robinson, France - Prix Rotthier for The Best New City: Val d'Europe, Ile-de-France - Prix Rotthier for The Best Reconstruction of an Historic Center: Historisches Gesellschaft Dresden Neumarkt, Dresden, Germany - Prix Rotthier for The Best Reconstruction of a City Center: Palermo, Italy - Prix Rotthier for The Best New Village: Poundbury, Dorchester, UK - Prix Rotthier for The Best Public Intervention: Rathaus Viertel, Gladbeck, Germany - Prix Rotthier for The Best Neighbourhood Center: Borgo Città Nuova, Alessandria, Italy - Prix Rotthier for The Best European Urban Plaza: Plaza del Juncal, Irun, Spain - Prix Rotthier for The Best New Garden-City: Heulebrug, Knokke-Heist, Belgium - Prix Rotthier for The Best Urban District: Akroken Campus, Sundsval, Sweden - Special Mention Prix Rotthier for the Quality of the City Extension to the Spanish Cities of: Alicante, Bilbao, Burgos, Carbajosa de la Sagrada, Gijón, La Coruña, Oviedo, Pamplona, Salamanca, San Sebastian, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Valladolid, Vitoria The international exhibition will be organized at the Fondation pour L’Architecture in Brussels by 2008, October 18, accompanied by a catalogue published in two editions (English and French) edited by Maurice Culot and Gabriele Tagliaventi with a foreword by Jean Louis Borloo, French Minister for the Environment. The three hundred pages catalogue features with more than 600 colour illustrations all the 88 selected entries and will constitute the fundamental hand-book for public officials, municipalities, architects, and developers to design and build new eco-compact urban neighbourhoods. On October, 17 the Municipality of Plessis Robinson will organize a special celebration in the new ceter of the city. | ||||||||||
* EUROPEAN
PRIZE 2008: THE BEST NEW URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD BUILT IN THE LAST 25 YEARS * TOP-10: WINNERS PROJECT TEARSHEET ../.. THE 88 FINAL ENTRIES SELECTED * THE COMPETITION | ||||||||||
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THE
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 Cottonwood, Holladay, Utah: how it was |  Cottonwood, Holladay, Utah: how it will be | |||||||||
Location:
Holladay, Utah Type: Suburban Retrofit Year Design: 2006 Status: Under Construction Size: 53 acres Contact: Kris Longson, General Growth kris.longson@generalgrowth.com (801) 486-3911 x296 | Cottonwood
envisions the redevelopment of a former shopping mall into a mixed-use town center,
creating a focal point and gathering place for the Holladay community, as well
as new housing opportunities for residents of the Great Salt Lake Valley. The
55-acre site will be transformed into a new walkable neighborhood that prioritizes
civic spaces and the public realm. The site is located at a strategic transportation
intersection, and its connectivity is enhanced through links to the surrounding
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POSTCARD
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HAVE A NICE SUMMER HOLIDAY ! Greetings from Greece photo by Donatella Diolaiti | ||||||||||
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THE
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GLOBALIZATION
DOES NOT HAVE TO HURT OUR CITIES Skyscrapers in a typical street with townhouses aligned on street-edges - Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||
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THE
VIRUS OF THE MONTH | ||||||||||
 Space Invaders (Type A) |  Space Invaders (Type B) | |||||||||
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Readers are invited to vote and suggest ideas.
Many are the possibilities. The editing committee is confident that an interesting set of candidatures will emerge. | ||||||||||
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Ile-de-France suburbs  VIRUS TYPOLOGIES OF FRENCH SUBURBS NEW URBANISM CHECK-LIST: Walkability: 0 Connectivity: 0 Mixed-Use & Diversity: 0 Mixed Housing: 0 Quality Architecture & Urban Design: 0 Neighborhood Structure: 0 Density: 0 Smart Transportation: 0 Sustainability: 0 Quality of Life: 0 BENEFITS TO RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, MUNICIPALITIES: 0 | ||||||||||
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THE
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Démolition
Tour Falstaff, France,
2007 Rouen, Quartier de la Grand-Mare | ||||||||||
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THE
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The Third International C.E.U. Congress CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBAN DESIGN | ||||||||||
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Oslo,
Norway, 14-16 September 2008 | ||||||||||
| The climate change agenda has clearly reached a world-wide tipping point. Yet while there is growing consensus that the phenomenon poses a major threat to future human well-being, legitimate debate remains about what is to be done to reduce atmospheric carbon levels, as well as to adapt to changes that already appear likely. In particular there is ongoing debate about how the cost of various options correlates to potential benefits. Debate also continues about how the issue of climate change relates to the larger agenda of sustainable development. | ||||||||||
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four conference themes: Climate Change and Science: What we know Climate Change and Public Policy:: What we must do Climate Change and Education: How we will disseminate the skills to do it Climate Change and Best Practice in Urban Design: How we will implement it | ||||||||||
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2008 C.E.U Congress is organized by the Norwegian chapter of C.E.U. www.cityclimate.no | ||||||||||
The
organising committee, C.E.U. Norway St. Olavs gate 9 0165 Oslo, Norway audun.engh@gmail.com Tel. +47. 92 62 26 26 Fax: +47. 22 36 49 93 | The
Academic Committee: Michael Mehaffy President, Structura Naturalis Inc. 900 Cornell Street Lake Oswego, OR 97034 (503) 756-1595 michael.mehaffy@gmail.com www.tectics.com | |||||||||
THE
COMPETITION OF
THE MONTH | ||||||||||
EUROPEAN
COMPETITION FOR ARCHITECTURE with a High Environmental Value | ||||||||||
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competition is being launched at the initiative of VIZZION Europe s.a., a company
that develops and funds architecture projects, with its registered offices in
Brussels. VIZZION Europe was born of a dream of architects to realise mixed and sustainable urban projects, essentially in Europe. The competition’s aim is to make future architects aware of the development of an architecture and town planning that respects the environment and local specificities while encouraging the study of urban projects with a high environmental value with mixed function neighbourhoods and limited car use. The competition is for the design, in an urban environment and preferably in a mixed activity zone, of a building or group of buildings offering facilities for housing, shops, craft activities and offices. | |||||||||
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competition is opened to architecture students in the penultimate and final years
of study in schools and faculties in the uropean countries included in the regulations.
VIZZION Europe has entrusted the competition’s organisation to the Archives d’Architecture Moderne that has recognised experience in the field of architecture and traditional town planning acquired through its many exhibitions, publications and conferences as well as organising the triennial “European Prize for the Reconstruction of the City”. Learn more about the competition: www.vizzion-awards.com | ||||||||||
Contacts
: Archives d’Architecture Moderne Contact person: Bertille Amaudric 55 rue de l’Ermitage - 1050 Brussels - Belgium Tel : 0032.(0) 2.642.24.80 - Fax : 0032.(0) 2.642.24.82 E-mail : info@vizzion-awards.com | ||||||||||
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THE
EXHIBITION OF
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GUARINI,
JUVARRA, ANTONELLI. SEGNI E SIMBOLI PER TORINO Torino - Palazzo Bricherasio | ||||||||||
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PROGETTI D'AUTORE Per le dimore regali, le chiese, le ville, i palazzi e i giardini di Torino e del Piemonte 3 e 10 Luglio dalle 20.00 alle 22.00 / 4 e 11 settembre dalle 20.00 alle 22.00 LA PSICOANALISI E L'ARTE La città e lo spazio psichico della rappresentazione Giovedì 3 luglio: Torino, capitale di un regno, nei racconti dei viaggiatori europei Giovedì 10 luglio: Lo spazio pubblico del feticcio Giovedì 4 settembre: La città e lo spazio psichico della rappresentazione Giovedì 11 settembre: Segni, simboli e linguaggio Orario: dalle 20.30 alle 22.00 IL BAROCCO DI GUARINI Giovedì 10 Luglio, ore 16.00 Sabato 13 Settembre, ore 10.00 LA SCENOGRAFIA DI JUVARRA Giovedì 3 Luglio, ore 16.00 Sabato 13 Settembre, ore 16.00 ANTONELLI E L'ARCHITETTURA FUNZIONALE Giovedì 17 Luglio, ore 16.00 Domenica 14 Settembre, ore 10.00 INFORMAZIONI: http://www.archimagazine.com/mciguarini.htm | ||||||||||
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THE
BOOK OF THE MONTH | ||||||||||
GREAT STREETS by Allan B. Jacobs Paperback: 344 pages Publisher: The MIT Press (August 4, 1995) Language: English ISBN-10: 0262600234 ISBN-13: 978-0262600231 Large-format book, beautifully illustrated with hundreds of pen-and-ink drawings. There are plan views, perspective drawings, and cross-sections (which are also dimensioned). It reviews great streets around the world, from large European cities to the best American. |  | |||||||||
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THE
MOVIE OF THE MONTH | ||||||||||
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May 1995 (USA) Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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GRAZIE ROMA / THANKS ROME Antonello Venditti, | ||||||||||
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the photos courtesy bywww.grupponline.it Drawings by Alessandro Bucci: The Other Modern, edited by G.Tagliaventi, Dogma Editions | ||||||||||
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