Congress for the New Urbanism Charter Awards 2008

Congress for the New Urbanism Charter Awards 2008

CNU’s Charter Awards recognize achievements in placemaking that advance the Charter of the New Urbanism.

The Congress for the New Urbanism welcomes your submissions for the 2008 CNU Charter Awards. This juried awards program recognizes today’s best work in urban design, architecture, landscape design, development, and placemaking — work that fulfills and advances the principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism.

CNU co-founder and DPZ principal Andres Duany is this year’s jury chair and he is joined on the jury by a top-notch group of experienced and new generation urbanists:

Ben Bolgar
Director of Design Theory & Networks, Princes Foundation for the Built Environment, London, England

Victor Dover
Principal, Dover Kohl & Partners, Coral Gables, Florida

Geoffrey Dyer
Principal, Tsix Urbanists, Calgary, Alberta

Katharine Kelley
President, Green Street Properties, Atlanta, Georgia

Peter Park
Community Planning & Development Manager, City and County of Denver, Colorado

Karen Parolek
Principal, Opticos Design, Inc, Berkeley, California

Stefanos Polyzoides
Principal, Moule & Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists, Pasadena, California

Submissions deadline: Professional entries must be shipped or postmarked by December 12, 2007. To accommodate academic schedules, submissions for the academic awards program may arrive in CNU’s offices on or before January 2, 2008.

For information, winners gallery, forms, and instructions, please visit the awards website, http://cnu.org/awards, or email cnuinfo@cnu.org.