The Prize takes part in the World Congress of Architects

The European Prize for Urban Public Space took part in two of the activities organised by the UIA Public Spaces Work Programme

Interspecies City

• Hans Ibelings

This international seminar brings together experts from around Europe will discuss new ways of understanding and designing public space as a living, shared habitat for humans and non-humans alike.

The 2024 Jury of the Prize has met in Barcelona to decide on the selected and finalist works

297 projects from 35 countries have been submitted for the 2024 European Prize for Urban Public Space.

The finalists for the 2024 Prize

After meeting on 27th and 28th June, the international Jury of the 2024 European Prize for Urban Public Space has chosen the 10  finalists for this year’s award, 5 in the General category and 5 in the Seafronts category.

2024 Prize Advisory Committee Meeting in Barcelona

On March 1st, the meeting of the Advisory Committee of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2024  was held at the CCCB. This Committee, comprised of ten European institutions specializing in architecture and urban planning, ensures that the most compelling public space...

The 2022 Prize Catalogue is available online

The publication, which includes the most outstanding works from the 2022 award and the Jury members’ thoughts about them, is available online.

Ethnicity and space in the global city: a new frontier?

• Saskia Sassen

Published in Ciutat i immigració [City and immigration].  Barcelona: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona,  1997. (Urbanitats;  2)

The space of challenge: reflections upon the relationship between public space and social conflict in contemporary Mumbai

• Himanshu Burte

Conference lectured at the symposium "(In)visible Cities. Spaces of Hope, Spaces of Citizenship", Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, 25-27 July 2003

Public space in the information society

• Manuel Castells

Published  in Ciutat real, ciutat ideal: significat i funció a l'espai urbà modern. Barcelona: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, 1998 (Urbanitats; 7)