The reconquest of Europe.
Why public space?

• Albert García Espuche

Published in the exhibition catalogue The Reconquest of Europe. Urban public space. Barcelona: Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona,  1999

Beyond utopia: urbanism after the end of cities

• Robert Fishman

Published in Ciutat real, ciutat ideal. Significat i funció a l'espai urbà modern [Real city, ideal city. Signification and function in modern space.  Barcelona: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, 1998  (Urbanitats; 7).

Learning from Barcelona: twenty years of urban projects and their reception

• Jean-Louis Cohen

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

The child that plays: immigration, sports and public space in Barcelona

• Jordi Puntí

Conference that formed part of debates on public space, in the framework the Bucharest Architecture Symposium (Anuala de architectura Bucaresti), 22-23 May 2009

The impossible project of public space

• Manuel de Solà-Morales

Public space or show room? The very valuable collection of projects that the CCCB has been putting together over the years, as with the European Archive for Urban Public Space, can simultaneously give rise to contradictory feelings of admiration and misgiving.

A decade of awards

• Dietmar Steiner

The autor reflects on the European Prize for Urban Public Space, from his experience as a member of the jury since 2002.

The flâneur's surprise

• David Bravo i Bordas

Based on the analysis of the winning works of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the author reflects on the sense of urbanity, the ability to coexist,  of public space.

Workshop of the Contact Territories project presents the final works

The Contact Territories workshop has concluded with the final presentation of projects related with Public Space Design and fruit of a joint initiative of ETSAV (Vallès School of Architecture) and the European Prize for Urban Public Space.

The Catharijnesingel canal, Utrecht, declared winner of the 2022 European Prize for Urban Public Space

The jury considers this project an exemplary intervention for the survival of our cities in this new climate era.