The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) offers a variety of presentations that engage people and communities in conversation about transformative urban development and innovative approaches to critical issues facing American cities. These include in-person and virtual events, presentations, and webinars produced by the RBA, often in collaboration with other local and national partners in cities across the country. The presentations delve into the extraordinary process of placemaking, sharing the stories of award-winning urban development, personal experience and insight from people engaged in urban design and development in cities across America, and observations and lessons learned gleaned from the RBA’s more than three decades of exploring urban excellence.
2022
Building Inclusive Places: Engaging and Empowering People and Communities with Design
SCOUT Interventions: Amplify!
Northeastern University
Changing the Narrative: Engaging and Empowering the Next Generation
Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community
American Institute of Architects
Female Disruptors
Women In Design
CBT Architects
Leading Change with Cross Sector Partnerships
Massachusetts Arts Funders Meeting
Philanthropy Massachusetts
2021
Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America (14- session series)
Spring 2021 Myra Kraft Open Classroom
Northeastern University
Leading with Vision: The Method Not the Magic
Enterprise Community Partners
Design for Advocacy: Fostering Conversation about Boston’s Future
Intersections: Equity, Environment + the City
Boston Society for Architecture, BosNOMA, Women in Design
2020
Sustaining Vibrant Urban Places in a Time of Social Distancing
Association of Architecture Organizations, Chicago Architecture Center
Five Projects that Change the Narrative of Urban Development
Architecture Boston Expo (ABX)
Boston Society for Architecture
Navigating Change
2020 Design Matters Conference: Radical Transformation
Association of Architecture Organizations
Pandemic Design: Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Resilient Places
Fall 2020 Myra Kraft Open Classroom
Northeastern University
Learning from Practice: The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
MA Arts Funders Network Meeting
Philanthropy Massachusetts
2019
ACSA Pittsburgh 4th Annual Housing & Community Development Workshop
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture/American Institute of Architects
Better Together: Creating an Inclusive Vertical Urban Village
Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community Webinar
American Institute of Architects
Community Design: Expanding the Definition of Practice
Designing for a Commons Transition Symposium
Carnegie Mellon University
Avenues of Exchange: Professionals, Researchers, and Communities Building the Equitable City Pre-conference Workshop
107th ACSA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture/American Institute of Architects
2018
Investing in Urban Infrastructure
Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community Webinar
American Institute of Architects
Learning from the Long View: The Changing Roles of Landscape Architecture in the 21st Century
Architecture Boston Expo (ABX)
Boston Society for Architecture/Boston Society of Landscape Architects
Urban Equity: Restoring and Renewing Communities
National Planning Conference in New Orleans
American Planning Association
Show Me the Green: Parks as the Basis for Equitable Urban Redevelopment
EDRA48 Conference in Oklahoma City
Environmental Design Research Association
Transformative Urban Places: Learning from the Long View
CityLab Intensive Program
Boston Architectural College
Avenues of Exchange: Ecology and Equity Pre-conference Workshop
106th ACSA Annual Meeting in Denver
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture/American Institute of Architects
Learning from Practice: The Rudy Bruner Award
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
2017
Boston’s Southwest Corridor: Parks, Development, and Transit Empower Three Urban Neighborhoods
Local Sustainable Economies: Building Entrepreneurship & Community Resilience
Sustainable Business Council/Northeastern University
Creating Excellent Urban Places: Learning from the Rudy Bruner Award
54th Annual Conference on Public Places for Community, Democratic Dialogue, Health & Equity
International Making Cities Livable
Positioning LA as a Sustainable Urban Center: La Kretz Innovation Campus + Arts District Park
Responsible Property Investment Council Meeting
Urban Land Institute
Evaluating Urban Excellence
ABX2017/GREENBUILD International Conference and Expo
US Green Building Council/Boston Society for Architecture
Avenues of Exchange: Professionals, Educators, and Communities Building Equitable, Healthy, and Resilient Cities Pre-conference Workshop
105th ACSA Annual Meeting
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture/American Institute of Architects
2016
Awarding Excellence in Housing Design
105th ACSA Annual Meeting
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture/American Institute of Architects
Designing for Equity
Reshaping Rochester Lecture Series
Rochester Regional Community Design Center
It’s Never Just About Housing
National Planning Conference
American Planning Association
More Then Housing: Increasing Equity in Design
Louisiana Housing and Homeless Coalition
Louisiana Housing Corporation
Creating More Than Housing
Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community
American Institute of Architects
Placemaking
Johnstown’s Vision 2025: Riverwall Revitalization Charrette
Harvard Loeb Fellowship
Stories from the Field Sharing Ideas and Expertise from the Rudy Bruner Award
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Infrastructure and the City
ABX2016
Boston Society for Architecture
2015
Inspiring Excellence in Housing Design
Excellence in Multifamily Housing Design
Connecticut Housing Coalition
Designing for Equity
Design, Development & Democracy Forum
Advancing Conversation about Making Cities Better: Expanding the Bruner Loeb Forum Partnership
Loeb 45
Harvard Loeb Fellowship
Boston Creates: Developing a Cultural Plan for the City
ABX2015
Boston Society for Architecture
2014
Designing for Equity
ArchitectureBoston Expo (ABX)
Boston Society for Architecture
Igniting Change: A Riverfront and a Steel Yard
Greater and Greener Boston
Trustees Collaborative for Parks and Greenspace
Reshaping the Public Realm of American Cities with 21st Century Park
National Planning Conference
American Planning Association
So You Want to Change the World?
ABX2014
Boston Society for Architecture
Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Boston Planning and Development Agency
City of Boston and Barr Foundation
Advancing Conversation about Placemaking and Practice
Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community
American Institute of Architects
Engaging Your Community in Design
Novem Mason Symposium on Community-Engaged Design
University of North Carolina – Greensboro
2013
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence: Judging the Quality of Urban Design
Introduction to Urban Design and Development
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community
American Institute of Architects
Creating Great Urban Places: Learning from the Award Winning Projects
Architecture Boston Expo (ABX)
Boston Society for Architecture
Healing Places and People: The Providence River Relocation Project
EDRA44
Environmental Design Research Association
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Dallas Center for Architecture
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence: Expanding the Definition of Good Design
Urban Design Committee
Boston Society for Architecture
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
AIA Chicago
2012
Bridging Change with Design: The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Design Matters Annual Conference
Association of Architecture Organizations
Stories from the Field: Sharing Ideas and Expertise from the Rudy Bruner Award
Association for Community Design
Placemaking, Grantmaking, Knowledge Building: The Rudy Bruner Award as an Innovative Research Model and Instrument for Urban Excellence
National Convention and Design Exposition
American Institute of Architects
2011
Changing the Framework: The Rudy Bruner Award
Urban Design Seminar: New Century Cities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2010
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
National Endowment for the Arts
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Massachusetts Institute of Technology