Laureate Videos

2018 Prize Laureate

Seoul
Commemorative video: Seoul
Seoul is recognised for its successful transformation from a highly bureaucratic city into the inclusive, vibrant, and highly innovative city found today. As shown in Seoul’s successful and impactful high quality projects to repurpose urban infrastructure and shifting away from car-oriented transportation to people-centric spaces, the city has proven itself as an excellent example where leadership, commitment to citizen engagement, data-supported problem-solving decisions, and creative designs can transform the built environment, add vibrancy and improve quality of life.

2016 Prize Laureate

Medellin
Commemorative video: Medellín
Medellín is recognised for its success in overcoming challenges of uncontrolled urban expansion and years of violence due to social inequalities and its remarkable transformation over the past two decades. Through bold leadership, long-term plans and social innovation, the city’s leaders have tackled its most pressing issues and improved the economy, as well as its citizens’ employability and quality of life.

2014 Prize Laureate

Suzhou
Commemorative video: Suzhou
Suzhou is recognised for its success in meeting the multiple challenges of achieving economic growth in order to create jobs and a better standard of living for its people; balancing rapid urban growth with the need to protect its cultural and built heritage; and coping with a large influx of migrant workers while maintaining social stability.

2012 Prize Laureate

New York
Commemorative video: New York City
New York City is recognised for its successful reinvention and rejuvenation of the city framed by PlaNYC – a holistic and interdisciplinary blueprint for a greater and greener New York. These plans were spearheaded by strong political will, with capacity for dialogue between government and civic groups, and allow creative ideas to take root. New York City serves as an inspiring model for other mature, high-density global cities.

2010 Prize Laureate

Bilbao
Commemorative video: Bilbao City Hall
Bilbao City Hall is recognised for its integrated and holistic approach in urban transformation. It demonstrated that urban regeneration can be a powerful social and economic driver to catalyse change, strengthen the urban fabric, inject vibrancy and improve the quality of life for its citizens.

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