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ULI Awards for Excellence EMEA
Akaretler Row Houses/W Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
American University in Cairo New Campus, Cairo, Egypt
Elmpark Green Urban Quarter, Dublin, Ireland
Hilton Tower, Manchester, U.K.
Leoben Judicial Complex, Leoben, Austria
Liverpool One, Liverpool, U.K.
The Mountain, Copenhagen, Denmark
September 2009
Edition 1
ULI Announces Five Winners of
2009 Awards for Excellence:
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Two Special Awards Winners also selected
LONDON —Five outstanding developments have
been selected as winners of the Urban Land
Institute (ULI) 2009 Awards for Excellence: Europe,
Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) competition.
This year, the competition also included the
announcement of two special award winners.
The Awards for Excellence competition is widely
regarded as the land use industry’s most
prestigious recognition program.
The EMEA winners were announced during an
invitation-only Awards for Excellence ceremony
hosted in London by ING Real Estate. ULI EMEA
serves nearly 2,600 members across Europe, the
Middle East, Africa and India.
The awards recognize the full development process
of a project, not just its architecture or design.
The criteria for the awards include leadership,
contribution to the community, innovations,
public/private partnership, environmental
protection and enhancement, response to societal
needs, and financial success.
The 2009 ULI EMEA Awards for Excellence winning
projects were selected from among 39 entries
representing 17 countries.
The competition is part of the Institute’s Awards for
Excellence program, established in 1979, which is
based on ULI’s guiding principle that achievement
of excellence in land use practice should be
recognized and rewarded.
Over the years, the Awards for Excellence program
has evolved from recognition of one development
in North America to an international competition
with multiple winners. In 2004, the program added
the ULI Awards for Excellence: Europe, which later
expanded to include entries from the Middle East
and Africa; in 2005, the program added the ULI
Awards for Excellence: Asia Pacific, and the Global
Awards. Throughout the program’s history, all
types of projects have been recognized for their
excellence, including office, residential,
recreational, urban/mixed-use, industrial/office
park, commercial/retail, new community,
rehabilitation, and public projects and programs.
The 2009 ULI Awards for Excellence: EMEA
winners were selected by a jury of land use
development and design experts. Members were
Ian D. Hawksworth, Managing Director, Capital &
Counties, London; Patrick Albrand, Managing
Director, Hines France, Paris; Max Barclay, Head
of Communications and Internal Operations,
Stronghold Invest AB, Stockholm; Luca de
Ambrosis Ortigara, Partner, Realty Partners SRL,
Milan; Andrew Gould, Chief Executive, English
Business Jones Lang LaSalle England, London;
Hakan Kodal, President and Chief Executive, KREA
Gayrimenku/Real Estate, Istanbul; and Karsten von
Koeller, Chairman, Lone Star Germany, and
Non-Executive Director and Member of the
Investment Committee, W.P. Carey LLC, Frankfurt.
“These are wonderful examples of success that showcase creativity,
innovation, and long-term thinking,”
EMEA Jury Chair, Ian Hawksworth said:
“Perhaps now more than ever, the ULI Awards for Excellence program
reminds us of the key difference that responsible design and development
can make in terms of longevity and overall community sustainability.”
Akaretler Row Houses/W Hotel
Istanbul, Turkey
In the heart of the business and hotel district of
Istanbul, the original Akaretler Row Houses were built
in 1875 by the order of Sultan Abdülaziz. The historic
renovation of these houses led the revitalization of an
abandoned district that now features office space,
retail and residential areas, and the W Istanbul hotel.
Elmpark Green Urban Quarter
Dublin, Ireland
Elmpark Green Urban Quarter is a low-energy-use,
high-density, mixed-use project comprising a private
hospital, a hotel, offices, apartments, housing for senior
citizens, a creche and leisure centre along with cafes all
in a richly landscaped parklike setting on seven hectares.
The initial plans called for a minimization of energy
demand, which was achieved by capitalizing on the
benefits of building orientations, using natural light and
ventilation, and by creating a large public landscape.
Leoben Judicial Complex
Leoben, Austria
A new approach for a penal system, this complex
includes a court building and an integrated prison
for 200 inmates. It serves as a model plan for the
Austrian penal system with its open design, which
creates a sense of transparency. Designed with a
focus on human dignity, the complex still satisfies
all safety requirements and gives the city a new and
beautiful building.
The Mountain
Copenhagen, Denmark
The Mountain was designed to be two-thirds parking and
one-third living space. Rather than constructing two
separate, adjacent buildings, the development team
decided to merge the two functions to create a symbiotic
relationship. This project offers a multi-story parking
structure as the foundation for 80 residential units
integrated into one ten-story building with optimized
solar orientation, natural ventilation, and on-site rainwater
collection used in the landscaped roof garden areas.
The Special Award winners were chosen in recognition of their unique
scope and context; exceptionally large scale; and exemplary practice in
terms of design, sustainability, and community engagement.
Hilton Tower
Manchester, United Kingdom
At 169 meters and 48 floors, the Hilton Tower is the
United Kingdom’s tallest mixed-use building and a
spectacular addition to Manchester’s skyline, creating
a visual connection between the city’s southern fringe
and the center. The 49,000-square-meter development
comprises 219 luxury apartments and a 279-bed Hilton
hotel on a site of less than 0.5 hectares.
The American University in
Cairo–New Campus, Cairo, Egypt
The university’s new campus is located at the
center of New Cairo, about 40 kilometers east
of the current campus in downtown Cairo.
It is designed to be a tool for learning and an
anchor for community development around
the university. The 105-hectare virgin desert
site has been developed into 200,000 square
meters of energy-efficient academic,
administrative, residential, and student
life facilities.
Liverpool ONE, Liverpool, United Kingdom
A transformational £1 billion, 17-hectare
mixed-use development in the Liverpool city center,
Liverpool ONE is an open development that retains
many of the street patterns long familiar to
shoppers and visitors to the city. However, through
comprehensive redevelopment, the city center
now has 160 retail shops, 23,000 square meters
of leisure space, a two-hectare park, apartments,
hotels, and a new bus interchange. This open
development creates a link between the west and
east sides of the city while revitalizing the city
center, which has suffered from underinvestment
and decline in recent decades.
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"It is an honor for me and my team to receive such
a distinguished international recognition and
appreciation for our Akaretler renovation project.
ULI Award for Excellence is not only a prestigious
award but also a great motivation for all the people
who contributed and worked for the Akaretler Row
Houses / W Istanbul Project."
Serdar Bilgili, Chairman,
Bilgili Holding, Istanbul, Turkey
Front Row L-R: Jakob Lange, Project Leader – The Mountain, Associate, Bjarke Ingels Group (The Mountain),
Josef Hohensinn, Principal, Hohensinn Architektur, (Leoben Judicial Complex), Serdar Bilgili, Chairman, Bilgili Holding
(Akaretler Row Houses / W Hotel), Peter Giblin, Trustee, American University in Cairo (AUC New Campus), Mark Curry,
Development Surveyor, Grosvenor (Liverpool One), Rachel Haugh, Partner, Ian Simpson Architects, (Hilton Tower),
Klaudia Cacic, Director, BMCEA, (Elmpark Green Urban Quarter).
Back Row L-R: Ian Hawksworth, Managing Director, Capital & Counties, (EMEA Jury Chair), Murat Ozalp, Manager,
Marketing and PR, Bilgili Holding, (Akaretler Row Houses / W Hotel), Andrew Gould, Chief Executive – English Business
Jones Lang LaSalle (EMEA Jury), Bill Kistler, President – ULI EMEA/India, ULI, David Green, Associate Director, Ian Simpson
Architects (Hilton Tower).
About the Urban Land Institute
ULI is a global, non-profit organization dedicated to providing leadership in the creation of sustainable
and thriving cities worldwide. Established in 1936, ULI has over 35,000 members in 92 countries and
offices in Washington DC, Los Angeles, London, Frankfurt, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong. ULI members
come from both the public and private sectors and include developers, owners, investors, advisors,
policy makers and academics. The Institute’s research, publications and events are interdisciplinary
and practical. At the heart of the ULI experience is the open exchange of ideas and best practice.
More information about ULI’s Awards for Excellence program is available at
www.uli.org/awardsandcompetitions or contact ULI Europe’s Research Director, Alexandra Notay,
anotay@uli.org, +44 (0)207 487 9571. The 2010 competition will open in late October 2009.
"We are very honored that we have won the ULI
Award for Excellence this year with our Elmpark
Green Urban Quarter Project. For us it means that
our efforts to design sustainable buildings for a
sustainable community are recognized and brought
to the attention of many ULI members and also the
wider public. As the Urban Land Institute offers a
platform for all who are dedicated to creating better
places and who are trying to set new standards
worldwide, we feel greatly supported in our day to
day work to create low energy environments.”
Klaudia Cacic, Project Manager, Bucholz
McEvoy Architects, Dublin|Berlin
"All of us at AUC are still feeling euphoric over the
selection of the AUC New Campus project for a
special award by ULI as part of its Awards for
Excellence Program. This award is extremely
affirming for the Board and leadership of our
university, and validates all of the time, effort and
resources that were devoted to the planning and
design of the new campus. Gaining international
recognition from a distinguished body like the
Urban Land Institute is a major boost for our efforts
to create an environmentally sensitive,
state-of-the-art "City for Learning" for future
generations of AUC students, faculty and staff."
David Arnold, President,
American University in Cairo
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