A partnership among the Bruner Foundation, the University Libraries of the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the SUNY at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.

In 1985 the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence was created. Named in honor of my late father, the award reflects his lifelong interest in cities and their architecture. The program seeks as much to involve the participants as it does to laud the winner. The goal is to understand and broaden each entrant's perspective on urban excellence, discover effective solutions to what are so often conflicting objectives, and publicize alternative options.

from the Foreword to Urban Excellence by Philip Langdon with Robert G. Shibley and Polly Welch. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1990.

1995 Winner and Finalists

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Should you like to examine abbreviated applications for the 1995 Bruner application process, click here. Please note that the materials included in this section consist solely of 1995 applications to the Bruner Foundation.

The Bruner Foundation (Cambridge, MA) holds the rights of publication and reproduction for all entries in the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence.

The University Libraries owns a large number of Rudy Bruner Award Applications. Be sure to consult the UB Libraries Catalog or contact a reference librarian (askapl@acsu.buffalo.edu) for information on these holdings.

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