The Best In New Urbanism For 2007

The Congress For New Urbanism announces the 2007 winners of its annual Charter Awards.

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March 28, 2007, 12:00 PM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera


"Winning entries extend from Camden, NJ to Antigua, Guatemala, with the southern United States, east of the Mississippi River, making a particularly strong showing -- 14 awards all told. Regions with multiple winners are greater Washington D.C. (five), the San Francisco Bay Area (two) and Northwest Arkansas (two)."

" "These projects exhibit excellence and often a strong sense of purpose," says jury chair Stefanos Polyzoides, a CNU co-founder and principal of Moule Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists in Pasadena, CA."

"To maximize the educational value of the awards, Polyzoides will give a lecture as part of this year's awards ceremony, which will be held on May 18, 2007 in conjunction with the fifteenth Congress for the New Urbanism in Philadelphia."

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