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The award is named after Simeon Bruner's late father, Rudy Bruner, founder of the Bruner Foundation. [1] According to the Bruner Foundation, the RBA was created to increase understanding of the role of architecture in the urban environment and promote discussion of what constitutes urban excellence.
The urban transformation was honored with the Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal and numerous other design awards including the American Institute of Architects Honor Award. [5] [6] Here is a sample of historic buildings in the district, roughly in the order built:
In 2011, the Gary Comer Youth Center and Gary Comer College Prep won the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence silver medal. [4] Comer was a major contributor to the University of Chicago , providing more than $84 million in donations leading to the establishment and expansion of the Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago. [ 2 ]
It has renovated dozens of urban lots and empty buildings with murals, mosaics, and gardens. In 2001 it received the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. [1] [2] The Village was the subject of a Public Broadcasting Service documentary entitled An Angel in the Village. [3] [4]
In 2001 the museum was awarded the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence silver medal. [6] In 2005, the museum was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Hunts Point Riverside Park was spearheaded by Majora Carter in 2000, and after several iterations, won the 2009 Rudy Bruner Award for Excellence in Public Spaces. [ 23 ] Joseph Rodman Drake Park is now recognized as the site of a burial ground for enslaved African-Americans.
Their main goal was to develop the Heidelberg Project into the city's first indoor and outdoor museum, complete with an artists' colony, creative art center, community garden, amphitheater, and more. In 2005 the Heidelberg Project was awarded the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence silver medal.
In 1987, Latimer served as a selection committee member for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. [ 2 ] After his mayoral tenure, he served as dean of Hamline University 's law school from 1990 to 1993 and as a special adviser to Henry Cisneros , President Bill Clinton 's Housing and Urban Development secretary, from 1993 to 1995.