Often these places transcend the boundaries between architecture, urban design, and planning. The Rudy Bruner Award considers form only one aspect of urban excellence. An excellent urban place involves the interplay of process, place and values. Processes may be inclusive, innovative, or participatory. Places may be grandiose or modest, new or historic, but must be well designed.
Values guide the inevitable tradeoffs involved in bringing a project to life.
The Award recognizes that these relationships are not simple. Rudy Bruner Award winners are places that incorporate political, community, environmental, and formal elements into an inclusive and multi-dimensional whole.