On 25 and 26 March the winners of the 2010 European Prize for Urban Public Space were chosen by a jury chaired by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, which includes Ole Bouman (NAi, Rotterdam), Sarah Mineko Ichioka (The Architecture Foundation, London), Dietmar Steiner (AzW, Vienna) and the Director of the DAM, Peter Cachola Schmal. The joint winners are:

Open Air-Library, Magdeburg
KARO Architekten, Leipzig
Den Norske Opera & Ballet, Oslo
Snøhetta Architects, Oslo

Special Mentions:

Urban Activators: Theater Podium & Grotekerplein, Rotterdam
Atelier Kempe Thill, Rotterdam
Paseo Marítimo de la Playa Poniente, Benidorm
Office of Architecture, Barcelona
Passage 56/Espace Culturel Écologique, Paris
atelier d'architecture autogérée, Paris
Casetas de Pescadores en el puerto, Cangas do Morrazo
Irisarri + Piñera, Vigo, Galicia

From 2010, DAM becomes a partner in the European Prize for Urban Public Space, which was set up in 1999 at the initiative of the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona with the aim of recognising and fostering the public character of urban spaces and their capacity for encouraging social cohesion.