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2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence announces Gold and Silver Medalists

By Justine Testado|

Monday, Jul 1, 2019

Crosstown Concourse by Looney Ricks Kiss, DIALOG, and Spatial Affairs Bureau. Photo: Chad Mellon

Now in its 32nd year, the biennial Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) celebrates transformative places in recognition of their physical design and contributions to the economic, environmental, and social vitality of U.S. cities. Following a rigorous evaluation process, the 2019 Gold and Silver Medalists were recently announced. Memphis-based Crosstown Concourse won the top Gold Medal award and $50,000 cash prize to support their project.

Completed in 2017, Crosstown Concourse is the $210 million rehabilitation of a historic Sears, Roebuck & Company distribution center into a mixed-use vertical village. As the biggest adaptive reuse project in Tennessee and the largest LEED Platinum Certified historic adaptive reuse project in the world, the 16-acre development integrates housing, offices, restaurants, and retail along with nonprofit arts and culture, health and wellness, and educational organizations.

Once home to the city’s largest employer, the 1.5-million-square-foot structure was abandoned in 1993 and stood vacant for more than 20 years. In 2010, Christopher Miner and Todd Richardson founded Crosstown Arts, a nonprofit arts organization to create a vision for its redevelopment that would cultivate the city’s creative community through “an open and inclusive place designed to dissolve barriers to access.” The development was made possible in part by a partnership with McLean T. Wilson - Kemmons Wilson Companies (co-developer), and commitments from eight founding partner organizations dedicated to arts, education, and healthcare that collectively leased over 400,000 square feet in the building, as well as financing from federal Historic and New Market Tax Credits and support from the City of Memphis and Shelby County. Designed by Memphis-based Looney Ricks Kiss in association with DIALOG (Vancouver) and Spatial Affairs Bureau (UK), Crosstown Concourse is now home to 40 diverse tenants including a charter high school, and 265 apartments housing over 400 residents.

“Crosstown Concourse has received a number of highly regarded awards over the past year, but this one is really special,” said Crosstown Arts Co-Director/Co-Founder Todd Richardson. “We have been inspired by past RBA winners, and to be in the company of Gold Medalists like SteelStacks Arts & Cultural Campus in Pennsylvania and Pike Place Market in Seattle is both exciting and daunting. We are encouraged by the growing, diverse community in Crosstown but also know we have work to do to create the kind of inclusive and sustainable impact we aspire to. The RBA Gold Medal prize will further this goal by supporting the ongoing arts events and programming that contribute to the unique Crosstown experience.”

“The 2019 RBA medalists illustrate the transformative power of design in creating places that bring people together and lift the human spirit,” says RBA Founder Simeon Bruner. "Gold Medalist Crosstown Concourse is an innovative, locally-driven solution to the challenge of repurposing legacy infrastructure nationwide. It reflects strong community values that foster inclusiveness and opportunity."  

The following four finalists received Silver Medals and $10,000 each to support their projects.

Beyond Walls—Lynn, MA ↓

Beyond Walls by Payette, Lam Partners, and Port Lighting Systems. (Submitted by Beyond Walls)

Buffalo Bayou Park—Houston, TX ↓

Buffalo Bayou Park by Page and SWA Group. Photo: Jonnu Singleton. (Submitted by SWA Group)

Parisite Skatepark—New Orleans, LA - Youth-driven DIY creation of a new public skate park on vacant land beneath a highway overpass. ↓

Parisite Skatepark by the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design. Photo: Michael Wong. (Submitted by Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund on behalf of the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design)

Sulphur Springs Downtown—Sulphur Springs, TX - Renewal of a rural, small-town civic plaza and main streets. ↓

Sulphur Springs Downtown by a team led by livable transportation engineer Ian Lockwood, now affiliated with Toole Design Group. Photo: Cindy Roller. (Submitted by Ian Lockwood, P.E.)

The RBA will also produce detailed case studies about the 2019 five finalist projects, including key findings and highlights from the selection committee’s discussions. The case studies will be published online and in book form in 2020 as a resource for educators, practitioners, and students. Case studies about all past RBA winners are available on the RBA website.

The 2019 RBA selection committee:

  • Libby Schaaf—Mayor, City of Oakland, CA
  • Adrian Benepe—Senior Vice President and Director of National Programs at the Trust for Public Land, New York, NY
  • Brenda Breaux—Executive Director for the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA), New Orleans, LA
  • Carol Coletta—President and CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership, Memphis, TN
  • Marc Norman—Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Michigan, Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Carol Ross Barney, FAIA—Principal Designer, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, IL

RELATED COMPETITION 2019 Rudy Bruner Awards for Urban Excellence Call for Entries
RELATED NEWS SteelStacks Arts Campus wins top prize in 2017 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
RELATED NEWS Miller's Court in Baltimore wins top prize in 2015 Rudy Bruner Award

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2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence announces Gold and Silver Medalists

By Justine Testado|

Monday, Jul 1, 2019

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Crosstown Concourse by Looney Ricks Kiss, DIALOG, and Spatial Affairs Bureau. Photo: Chad Mellon

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design in the public realm ● cities ● placemaking ● adaptive reuse ● parks ● waterfront ● industrial ● mixed use ● competition ● rudy bruner award ● architecture and urban design ● community

Now in its 32nd year, the biennial Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) celebrates transformative places in recognition of their physical design and contributions to the economic, environmental, and social vitality of U.S. cities. Following a rigorous evaluation process, the 2019 Gold and Silver Medalists were recently announced. Memphis-based Crosstown Concourse won the top Gold Medal award and $50,000 cash prize to support their project.

Completed in 2017, Crosstown Concourse is the $210 million rehabilitation of a historic Sears, Roebuck & Company distribution center into a mixed-use vertical village. As the biggest adaptive reuse project in Tennessee and the largest LEED Platinum Certified historic adaptive reuse project in the world, the 16-acre development integrates housing, offices, restaurants, and retail along with nonprofit arts and culture, health and wellness, and educational organizations.

Once home to the city’s largest employer, the 1.5-million-square-foot structure was abandoned in 1993 and stood vacant for more than 20 years. In 2010, Christopher Miner and Todd Richardson founded Crosstown Arts, a nonprofit arts organization to create a vision for its redevelopment that would cultivate the city’s creative community through “an open and inclusive place designed to dissolve barriers to access.” The development was made possible in part by a partnership with McLean T. Wilson - Kemmons Wilson Companies (co-developer), and commitments from eight founding partner organizations dedicated to arts, education, and healthcare that collectively leased over 400,000 square feet in the building, as well as financing from federal Historic and New Market Tax Credits and support from the City of Memphis and Shelby County. Designed by Memphis-based Looney Ricks Kiss in association with DIALOG (Vancouver) and Spatial Affairs Bureau (UK), Crosstown Concourse is now home to 40 diverse tenants including a charter high school, and 265 apartments housing over 400 residents.

“Crosstown Concourse has received a number of highly regarded awards over the past year, but this one is really special,” said Crosstown Arts Co-Director/Co-Founder Todd Richardson. “We have been inspired by past RBA winners, and to be in the company of Gold Medalists like SteelStacks Arts & Cultural Campus in Pennsylvania and Pike Place Market in Seattle is both exciting and daunting. We are encouraged by the growing, diverse community in Crosstown but also know we have work to do to create the kind of inclusive and sustainable impact we aspire to. The RBA Gold Medal prize will further this goal by supporting the ongoing arts events and programming that contribute to the unique Crosstown experience.”

“The 2019 RBA medalists illustrate the transformative power of design in creating places that bring people together and lift the human spirit,” says RBA Founder Simeon Bruner. "Gold Medalist Crosstown Concourse is an innovative, locally-driven solution to the challenge of repurposing legacy infrastructure nationwide. It reflects strong community values that foster inclusiveness and opportunity."  

The following four finalists received Silver Medals and $10,000 each to support their projects.

Beyond Walls—Lynn, MA ↓

Beyond Walls by Payette, Lam Partners, and Port Lighting Systems. (Submitted by Beyond Walls)

Buffalo Bayou Park—Houston, TX ↓

Buffalo Bayou Park by Page and SWA Group. Photo: Jonnu Singleton. (Submitted by SWA Group)

Parisite Skatepark—New Orleans, LA - Youth-driven DIY creation of a new public skate park on vacant land beneath a highway overpass. ↓

Parisite Skatepark by the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design. Photo: Michael Wong. (Submitted by Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund on behalf of the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design)

Sulphur Springs Downtown—Sulphur Springs, TX - Renewal of a rural, small-town civic plaza and main streets. ↓

Sulphur Springs Downtown by a team led by livable transportation engineer Ian Lockwood, now affiliated with Toole Design Group. Photo: Cindy Roller. (Submitted by Ian Lockwood, P.E.)

The RBA will also produce detailed case studies about the 2019 five finalist projects, including key findings and highlights from the selection committee’s discussions. The case studies will be published online and in book form in 2020 as a resource for educators, practitioners, and students. Case studies about all past RBA winners are available on the RBA website.

The 2019 RBA selection committee:

  • Libby Schaaf—Mayor, City of Oakland, CA
  • Adrian Benepe—Senior Vice President and Director of National Programs at the Trust for Public Land, New York, NY
  • Brenda Breaux—Executive Director for the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA), New Orleans, LA
  • Carol Coletta—President and CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership, Memphis, TN
  • Marc Norman—Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Michigan, Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Carol Ross Barney, FAIA—Principal Designer, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, IL

RELATED COMPETITION 2019 Rudy Bruner Awards for Urban Excellence Call for Entries
RELATED NEWS SteelStacks Arts Campus wins top prize in 2017 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
RELATED NEWS Miller's Court in Baltimore wins top prize in 2015 Rudy Bruner Award

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