CNU Names Winners of 2008 Charter Awards

Since 2001, the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) has honored the best of new urbanist projects with its annual Charter Awards. For the program's 2008 iteration, 14 professional and one academic project have been recognized, four of which are in countries other than the United States: the Bahamas, India, Saudi Arabia, and Scotland. The awards will be presented on April 5 during the CNU's 16th congress, which is being held this year in Austin, Texas. The members of this year's awards jury: Andrés Duany (chair), principal, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co.; Ben Bolgar, director of design theory and networks, the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment; Victor Dover, principal, Dover, Kohl & Partners; Geoffrey Dyer, director, Placemakers, and principal and urban designer, T-Six Urbanists; Katharine Kelley, president, Green Street Properties; Peter Park, manager of community planning and development, city and county of Denver; Karen Parolek, principal, Opticos Design; and Stefanos Polyzoides, principal, Moule & Polyzoides. Learn more about the award-winning projects at cnu.org/awards2008.

2008 Charter Award Winners

METROPOLIS, CITY, AND TOWN
Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan
State of Louisiana
Calthorpe Associates

A Civic Vision for the Riverfront
Philadelphia
WRT Design

Vedanta University
Orissa, India
Ayers/Saint/Gross

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
HOK

NEIGHBORHOOD, DISTRICT, AND CORRIDOR
Woodstock Downtown
Woodstock, Ga.
Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates

Oakwood Shores
Chicago
FitzGerald Associates Architects

Rockville Town Square
Rockville, Md.
WDG Architecture

Mixson Avenue
North Charleston, S.C.
I'On Group

Masterplan for Western Harbour
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Robert Adam Architects

BLOCK, STREET, AND BUILDING
The Vision for Marion Square
Charleston, S.C.
Fairfax & Sammons

Atlantic & Pacific Development
Montgomery, Ala.
City Loft Corp.