San
Francisco Prize - Promoting Good Urban
Design:
The San Francisco Prize seeks to inspire designers not to
just be problem solvers but to offer up new ideas in the
public arena. The intent is to get people to really look at
their physical environment and think about what can be
improved or what alternatives can be developed.
There have been four San Francisco Prize design
competitions since its inception in 1996: Octavia Boulevard
Housing, the Federal Building Philip Burton Plaza, Union
Square Plaza and Harvey Milk Plaza. All competitions
received international attention when hundreds competing to
take home top honors and receive cash prizes.