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| ULI announces winners of Awards for Excellence Four exceptional developments have been selected as winners in the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Awards for Excellence: Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) competition, widely recognized as the land use industry's most prestigious recognition program. The competition is part of the Institute's Awards for Excellence program, established in 1979, which is based on ULI's guiding principle that the achievement of excellence in land use practice should be recognized and rewarded. 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 viability. The winners were announced during the ULI Europe Trends Conference in London. ULI Europe, which serves 2,300 members across Europe, hosted the conference as one of its many events that helps keep the region's property financiers, developers, architects, lenders, public officials and other real estate professionals informed about the latest trends in the land use industry. The four winners qualify for the ULI Global Awards for Excellence competition, in which a jury of international members will select up to five winners from this year's winning projects in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. The global winners will be announced in Washington, DC at the ULI Fall Meeting and Urban Land Expo in October. The EMEA competition winning projects were selected from 43 entries representing 17 countries, which were subsequently narrowed to 14 finalists. The 2010 Awards for Excellence winners (developers in parentheses) are: Citilab (Fundació per la promoció de la societat del coneixement) Barcelona, Spain Citilab is a center for social digital innovation near Barcelona, based in what was a textile factory abandoned after the last industrial crisis. Mumuth Music Theatre (BIG Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H) Graz, Austria Mumuth Music Theatre is part of a facility designed for the University of Music and Performing Arts (KUG) in Graz used by students and visitors to the theatre. New District "Miasteczko Wilanów" (Prokom Investments with IN-VI Investment Environments development consultant) Warsaw, Poland Miasteczko Wilanów (MW) is the ongoing construction of a coherent neighbourhood on 169hectares within the boundaries of the city of Warsaw. Palazzo Tornabuoni (Byrne Murphy at Kitebrook Partners and Jacopo Mazzei at R.D.M. Real Estate Development) Florence, Italy Palazzo Tornabuoni is a full city block (17, 000m2) mixed-use project featuring Italy's first Private Residence Club, luxury retailers, office and restaurants. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |