The square is connected with Ripple Road, the borough’s main shopping area, by way of an arcade illuminated by chandeliers and tiled with black and white terrazzo paving slabs that hark back to London’s magnificent Edwardian houses.
FIRST PRIZE
Barking Town Square
New town square in the suburb of Barking. Winner of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2008
FIRST PRIZE
Barking Town Square
New town square in the suburb of Barking. Winner of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2008

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There is a passageway running through the angle of the lower structure, dividing it into two perpendicular wings and giving access to the only corner of the square that is not in contact with a road.
SPECIAL MENTIONS
centrum.odorf
A new square and new multifunctional building located between two residential estates of the Innsbruck Olympic villages. Special Mention of the European Prize for Urba...

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SPECIAL MENTIONS
centrum.odorf
A new square and new multifunctional building located between two residential estates of the Innsbruck Olympic villages. Special Mention of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2008

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Details of the photographs exhibited
SPECIAL MENTIONS
Other People's Photographs
An artistic intervention that brings together collective memory by means of an exhibition of personal photographs taken in public space. Special Mention of the Europea...

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SPECIAL MENTIONS
Other People's Photographs
An artistic intervention that brings together collective memory by means of an exhibition of personal photographs taken in public space. Special Mention of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2008

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The timber battens evoke the archetypical medieval palisade
SPECIAL MENTIONS
Torre del Homenaje
New public lookout built over the ruins of a medieval watch tower. Special Mention of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2008
SPECIAL MENTIONS
Torre del Homenaje
New public lookout built over the ruins of a medieval watch tower. Special Mention of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2008

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