In Favour of Public Space

Bearing witness to the tensions of public space in Europe: this is the aimof the European Prize for Urban Public Space. It was established in 2000 bythe Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) and now counts withthe collaboration of six other European institutions. This book is thefirst publication about the prize, which celebrates its 10th issue. Itpresents a selection of projects from former and new winners andtheoretical texts from Manuel de Sola-Morales, president of the 2008 award,Dietmar Steiner, director of Architekturzentrum Wien and a jury membersince 2002, the architect and president of the 2010 jury, Rafael Moneo andDavid Bravo, secretary of the 2010 award.