Rietveldprijs 2009 Goes to Business Park in Utrecht Papendorp

The design for Papendorp Business Park in Utrecht, The Netherlands, West 8 designed together with Wissing Stedebouw en Ruimtelijke Vormgeving, has won the Rietveld Award 2009. For the first time, a landscape and urban design project has won the award instead of a building.

The awards ceremony took place earlier this week in Utrecht. The Rietveld Award is a bi-annual award and aims to stimulate the quality of the built environment of the city of Utrecht.

The jury commented: “The value of this plan for Utrecht is that it sends out a signal to the city, as well as to the Netherlands. This plan is the legitimate winner of the Rietveld Prize 2009.”

A public choice award was also given to Eindhoven-based DHV Architects for their Simed Health Care Group project in Utrecht.

Images: West 8