Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design

Photo by Timothy Schenck/Courtesy of Friends of the High Line

The Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design is the foremost award recognizing achievement in this field.


The Veronica Rudge Green Prize recognizes exemplary urban design projects realized anywhere in the world within the past ten years, with the understanding that such projects often require many years before they are able to demonstrate impacts. Projects must be more than one building or an open space, and are evaluated in terms of their contributions to the public realm and to quality of urban life. The project must also demonstrate a humane and worthwhile direction for the design of urban environments.
The award was established in 1986 on the occasion of Harvard University’s 350th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Graduate School of Design. Nominations for the prize are received from the GSD’s extensive network of academics and urban design professionals.


For more information and to view online exhibitions about past recipients, please visit the Veronica Rudge Green Prize website .


Past Recipients

  • 2015
    Madrid Río (Madrid, Spain)
    Ginés Garrido of Burgos & Garrido with Porras La Casta, Rubio & Álvarez-Sala, and West 8
    Visit the exhibition site
  • 2013
    Metro do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
    Eduardo Souto de Moura with the Metro do Porto
    &
    Northeastern Urban Integration Project (Medellín, Colombia)
    City of Medellín with Alejandro Echeverri and Empresa de Desarrollo Urbano
    Visit the exhibition site
  • 2010
    Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project (Seoul, South Korea)
    Seoul Metropolitan Government
  • 2007
    Olympic Sculpture Park (Seattle, Washington)
    Weiss/Manfredi
  • 2005
    Rehabilitation of the Old City of Aleppo (Aleppo, Syria)
    City of Aleppo
  • 2002
    Borneo Sporenburg Residential Waterfront (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
    Adriaan Geuze/West 8
  • 2000
    Favela-Bairro Project (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
    Jorge Mario Jáuregui
  • 1998
    Bilbao Metro (Bilbao, Spain)
    Carré d’Art (Nîmes, France)
    Foster + Partners
  • 1996
    Historic Center (Mexico City, Mexico)
    Xochimilco District (Mexico City, Mexico)
    Mexico City
  • 1993
    Hillside Terrace Complex (Tokyo, Japan)
    Fumihiko Maki
    &
    Monte Carasso Master Plan (Monte Carasso, Switzerland)
    Luigi Snozzi
  • 1990
    Urban Public Spaces (Barcelona, Spain)
    City of Barcelona
  • 1988
    Byker Redevelopment (Newcastle, England)
    Ralph Erskine
    &
    Malagueira Quarter Housing Project (Évora, Portugal)
    Álvaro Siza Vieira