Announcing the 2016 Charter Award Winners
Last week at #CNU24 in Detroit, we unveiled the winners of our 15th annual Charter Awards—the year’s greatest achievements in architectural, landscape, urban, and regional design. Among the eleven winners and six runners-up were a jazz cultural center in New Orleans, a military barracks turned urban neighborhood in Calgary, a new village in Nanhu, China, and a South Florida comprehensive plan that engaged more than one million residents.
The 2016 Grand Prize went to Brush Park Parcels A+B, a neighborhood development project adjacent to downtown Detroit that combined historic preservation, human-scaled design, and cutting-edge architecture. This year’s Grand Prize for Student Work was awarded to three students from Yale University for their "Master Plan for the Revitalization of the Canal System of Lowell, MA".
“This year’s winners truly embody CNU’s mission to design, build, and restore great places,” said Lynn Richards, President and CEO of CNU. “The organizations, leaders, and individuals behind these projects have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to creating places that are more attainable, economically productive, and livable for everyone.”
The Charter Awards are given annually by CNU to honor outstanding achievement in design, planning, and development. With more than 2,600 members working in communities across North America—from urban centers to historic small towns—CNU connects and empowers the professionals, leaders, advocates, and citizens creating places people love.
You can download a digital copy of the book here. The full list of Charter Award winners follows:
Brush Park Parcels A+B (Grand Prize)
Firm: Brush Park Development Company
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Category: Block, Street, and Building
Master Plan for Revitalization of the Canal System in the City of Lowell (Grand Prize, Student)
Firm: Yale School of Architecture
Location: Lowell, MA
City of Beaufort Civic Master Plan & Office of Civic Investment
Firm: City of Beaufort, SC
Location: Beaufort, SC
Category:
Nanhu New Country Village Master Plan
Firm: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Location: Nanhu, China
Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market
Firm: Kronberg Wall Architects
Location: New Orleans, LA
Playhouse Plaza
Firm: Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists
Location: Pasadena, CA
Pollin Memorial
Firm: Pollin Memorial Community Development
Location: Washington, DC
Sansome and Broadway Family Housing and Broadway Family Apartments
Firm: Mithun | Solomon
Location: San Francisco, CA
South Main
Firm: Dover, Kohl & Partners
Location: Buena Vista, CO
Southern Farms
Firm: Gary White & Associates
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
The Lofts of Washington University
Firm: William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
Location: St. Louis, MO
Currie (Merit Award)
Firm: Urban Design Associates
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
East End Transformation (Merit Award)
Firm: Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company
Location: Richmond, VA
Ponce City Market (Merit Award)
Firm: Jamestown
Location: Atlanta, GA
Orleans Landing (Merit Award)
Firm: Urban Design Associates
Location: Detroit, MI
Seven50: Southeast Florida Prosperity Plan (Merit Award)
Firm: Dover, Kohl & Partners
Location: South Florida
Twin Cities Harbor (Merit Award, Student)
Firm: Andrews University School of Architecture & Interior Design
Location: Berrien Springs, MI
