The following press includes recent news and articles written about the RBA by others that highlight its methodology and contributions to discourse about the role of design in cities.

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2021 Women in Design Award of Excellence

The 2021 winners of the Women in Design Award of Excellence are Anne-Marie Lubenau, FAIA, Hansy Better Barraza AIA LEED ID+C and Marggie Lackner. The award is presented in recognition of a person who has built one's own life around design, whose work exemplifies the best of process and product, and who uses a position of achievement to give back to the world of design and to the community at large.

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The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence and Northeastern University's Myra Kraft Open Classroom: Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America

Join the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) and Northeastern University for the Myra Kraft Open Classroom “Inspiring Design” speaker series, exploring how people and places nationwide are responding to the crucial charge of creating equitable and inclusive places for all.

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Rudy Bruner Award Presents Silver Medal to Albert & Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design

Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) participated in a panel hosted by Tulane School of Architecture and presented a 2019 Silver Medal to the Albert & Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design and Transitional Spaces for their collaborative work on Parisite Skatepark in New Orleans, LA.

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Lively Concourse wins Bruner Gold for its open doors, array of users

Crosstown Concourse has won top national awards from other organizations for its architectural design, for the historic preservation of the former Sears & Roebuck distribution center, and for urban planning. The Rudy Bruner Award focuses more on how a building or park or anything built continues to transform its community for the better.

RBA Director Anne-Marie Lubenau on the Power of Design to Transform Communities

The biennial Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, which recently named its Silver and Gold winners, showcases exceptional urban projects in cities large and small.

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Gold and Silver Medalists Announced for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence

Bruner Foundation named Crosstown Concourse in Memphis as the Gold Medal winner of its Rudy Bruner Award (RBA) for Urban Excellence. The finalists and Gold Medalist were selected by a jury of public officials and nonprofit leaders.

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