We found out that one of our blogroll partner A Vision of Europe has a new interesting campaign: The European prize 2008 for the best urban neighborhood in Europe. This prize is launched in occasion of the 25th anniversary of the European Prize for the Reconstruction of the City, the Philippe Rotthier Foundation for the Architecture in Bruxelles, together with A Vision of Europe and CivicArch Lab at the University of Ferrara.

The European Prize promotes the characters of excellence in the designing and building of new urban neighborhoods and aims at enhancing the European genius of building the fundamental matrix of the traditional city: the mixed-use urban neighborhood. It also aims at encouraging the creation of new mixed-use urban neighborhoods conceived and designed according to the principles of Sustainable Development and the EU Green Paper for the Urban Environment.

The participation to the European Prize is open to architects, engineers, urbanists, municipalities, public and private associations, public and private agencies, by proposing the Best Urban Neighborhood built in Europe in the last 25 years. Submission forms should be related to new urban neighborhoods, renaissance and renewal of existing urban neighborhoods and combination of new construction and restoration in operation of Urban Renaissance. In order to be eligible, proposed interventions should organically fit within the traditional urban morphology of the city and present an architecture that improves and enriches the regional character.

An international jury will select the Best New Urban Neighborhood in Europe and the awarded neighborhoods will receive the prize during a ceremony including the donation to the city of a commemorative bronze plate to be applied at the entrance of the neighborhood.

We are looking forward to presenting the best urban neighborhoods in Europe as soon as winners are chosen.

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