The Academy is delighted to announce the 2015 Urbanism Awards shortlist, following an intensive workshop session held with Academicians on Wednesday 23 April 2014.
These 50 places will now be voted on by Academicians to determine three finalists from each category that will progress to the next stage. The successful places will be announced at this year’s Congress in Bristol, and will go on to receive the Academy’s assessment teams this summer, in advance of the final vote later in the year.
THE EUROPEAN CITY OF THE YEAR
Aarhus (Denmark)
Birmingham (England)
Cardiff (Wales)
Dortmund (Germany)
Kraków (Poland)
Montpellier (France)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
San Sebastián (Spain)
Turin (Italy)
Vienna (Austria)
THE GREAT TOWN AWARD
Aberystwyth (Ceredigion, Wales)
Beverley (Yorkshire, England)
Bury (Lancashire, England)
Corby (Northamptonshire, England)
Chelmsford (Essex, England)
Dartmouth (Devon, England)
Harlow (Essex, England)
Lewes (East Sussex, England)
Limerick (County Limerick, Ireland)
Perth (Perthshire, Scotland)
THE GREAT NEIGHBOURHOOD AWARD
Broughty Ferry (Dundee, Scotland)
Devonport (Plymouth, England)
Great Notley Garden Village (Braintree, Essex, England)
Holbeck Urban Village (Leeds, England)
Lark Lane (Liverpool, England)
London School of Economics and Political Science (London, England)
Chorlton (Manchester, England)
Shoreditch (London, England)
Ringsend (Dublin, Ireland)
Wolverton (Milton Keynes, England)
THE GREAT STREET AWARD
Bridge Street (Taunton, Somerset, England)
High Street Berkhamsted (Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England)
Elwick Road (Ashford, Kent, England)
Kempock Street (Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland)
Main Street Wexford (Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland)
Newry Street (Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland)
Mill Road (Cambridge, England)
Railton Road (Herne Hill, London, England)
South Promenade (Bridlington, England)
Wood Street (Walthamstow, London, England)
THE GREAT PLACE AWARD
Bishops Square (Spitalfields, London, England)
Christmas Steps (Bristol, England)
Comedy Carpet (Blackpool, England)
Lancaster Cohousing (Halton village, Lancaster, England)
Irvine Harbour (Irvine, Scotland)
Gloucester Quays (Gloucester, England)
Market Place Stockport (Stockport, Cheshire, England)
St Pancras Station (London, England)
Spinningfields (Manchester, England)
Old Market Square (Nottingham, England)
For more information on the Awards process, or for press enquiries, please contact Stephen Gallagher sg@academyofurbanism.org.uk; +44 (0) 20 7251 8777