In May, we have reported on a competition by A Vision of Europe called The European prize 2008 for the best urban neighbourhood in Europe.

Now, we got a comment which advised us of the results of the competition (thanks to Bertille Amaudric from Fondation pour l’Architecture).

The International jury of the 2008 Philippe Rotthier European announced the TOP-10 urban neighbourhoods. The 88 selected neighbourhoods come from 30 European countries and from big cities such as Lisbon, Bilbao, Paris, London, Glasgow, Brussels, Berlin, Dresden, Bologna, Palermo, Tirana, Istanbul, etc., as well as from beautiful medium-size cities such as Santiago de Compostela, Hammamet, Gladbeck, Alessandria, Hoje Tarstrup, Knokke, Dorchester, Brandevoort, etc. Among the 88 entries selected, these are the best New Urban Neighbourhood built in Europe in the last 25 years:

• Grand Prix Philippe Rotthier for The Best Operation of Urban Renaissance in a sub-urban city: Plessis-Robinson, France
• Prix Rotthier for The Best New City: Val d’Europe, Ile-de-France
• Prix Rotthier for The Best Reconstruction of an Historic Center: Historische Gesellschaft Dresden Neumarkt, Dresden, Germany
• Prix Rotthier for The Best Reconstruction of a City Center: Palermo, Italy
• Prix Rotthier for The Best New Village: Poundbury, Dorchester, UK
• Prix Rotthier for The Best Public Intervention: Rathaus Viertel, Gladbeck, Germany
• Prix Rotthier for The Best Neighbourhood Center: Borgo Città Nuova, Alessandria, Italy
• Prix Rotthier for The Best European Urban Plaza: Plaza del Juncal, Irun, Spain
• Prix Rotthier for The Best New Garden-City: Heulebrug, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
• Prix Rotthier for The Best Urban District: Akroken Campus, Sundsval, Sweden
• Special Mention Prix Rotthier for the Quality of the City Extension to the Spanish Cities of Bilbao, Burgos, Carbajosa de la Sagrada, Gijón, La Coruña, Oviedo, Pamplona, Salamanca, San Sebastian, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Valladolid, Vitoria

Congratulations to all winners.

An international exhibition will be organized at the Foundation for the Architecture in Brussels. The opening of the exhibition will be in October 18, accompanied by a catalogue publish in two editions (English and French). The three hundred pages catalogue features more then 600 colour illustrations of all the 88 selected entries and will be a fundamental hand-book for public officials, municipalities, architects, and developers to design and build new eco-compact urban neighbourhoods.

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