City Market Affordable Housing, 2007 Urban Design Award Winner for Urban Architecture
Guess what, Edmonton – we’ve managed to fool a couple of different organizations into believing that we’re a real news outlet. Yes, that’s right, we’re starting to get added to people’s press release lists. This is great news, as it helps a bit with news gathering; but because most press conferences occur during the day, it means we can’t attend, what with our REAL JOBS. Enjoy your free coffee, jerks.
Anyway, I am going somewhere with this; today at 10:30 a.m., the City is going to hold a press conference launching their 3rd biennial Urban Design Awards. I know this because I got a press release for it. Thanks, City of Edmonton!
Today’s “launch” is actually fancy-talk for the first day of the City’s call for submissions. There are awards in six categories;
Since I have no idea what any of those things actually mean, I went back to the 2007 site. The submission form from 2007 explains the categories in a bit more detail; though maybe don’t spend your morning poring over it (I know how you kids love architecture) because I assume that there will be a 2009 version of the form put up after the press conference.
Welcome to Edmonton! Home of your sci-fi wasteland nightmares since 2008.
Maybe instead, we can just check out some award winners from 2007. It kind of makes me laugh that the controversial-and-wicked-expensive-and-also-deeply-terrifying-welcoming pyramid won an award for unimplemented urban design plan (though in the interest of full-disclosure, it must be said that back in 2008, I lobbied hard to make this Edmonton’s new entrance sign).
Other award winners in 2007 included Enterprise Square, Bergstrom Block and the Terwilligar Drive Pederstrian Overpass.
The call for submissions will remain open until October 8. Tell your architect friends.
(You guys have no idea how hard I tried to work a “Ted Mosby: Sex Architect” joke in here somewhere.)
