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| ULI announces winners for the 2007 Awards for Excellence Five outstanding developments have been selected as winners of the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Awards for Excellence: Asia Pacific competition, widely recognized as the land use industry's most prestigious recognition program. ULI's Awards for Excellence recognize the full development process of a project, not just its architecture or design. The criteria for the awards include leadership, contribution to the community, innovations, public/private partnership, environmental protection and enhancement, response to societal needs, and financial success. This is the third year of the Awards for Excellence program in the Asia Pacific region. Five projects in three countries were selected as winners: one from Australia; two from China; and two from Japan. The five winners were chosen from a field of 11 finalists. The 2007 Awards for Excellence winners (developers in parentheses) are: * The Ecovillage at Currumbin (Landmatters Currumbin Valley Pty Ltd) Currumbin, Queensland, Australia. The Ecovillage at Currumbin is at once a 110-hectare sustainable development and a showcase for best practices. The community preserves 80 percent of its open space for its 144 households and targets self-reliance in water, energy and food supplies. * Hong Kong Wetland Park (Architectural Services Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government) Hong Kong. This 61-hectare park is a demonstration site for wetland reclamation and environmental sustainability. The Wetland Park incorporated indigenous plants and building materials and the recycling of fabricated products to elevate it from a passive infrastructure and conservation project to an active tourism, education, and recreation site for Hong Kong. * The Landmark Scheme (Hongkong Land) Hong Kong. The Landmark Scheme propels to the lead an already popular retail center in central Hong Kong. Now, one hectare of valuable land gathers on one block luxury retail with offices and a 113-room boutique hotel. * Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower (Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd) Tokyo. Mitsui Tower is a 39-story office tower atop a podium that includes a luxury hotel, restaurants, and a museum that displays the cultural collection of the Mitsui family. The project was allowed to exceed its as-of-right FAR by transferring the unused FAR of the adjacent landmark Mitsui Honkan building. * Roppongi Hills (Mori Building Co., Ltd), Tokyo. The largest private sector redevelopment ever undertaken in Japan, Roppongi Hills has established benchmarks for green space, diversity of land uses, and seismic infrastructure. Even before its completion in 2003, the 12-hectare project catalyzed new investment in the Roppongi neighborhood with 79 hectares of floor area in 13 buildings. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |