Connecting Market East: A National Student Design Competition

Winners Announced

The Awards ceremony and gala reception was held to announce and honor the winners of Connecting Market East on Monday November 5, 2007 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, featuring keynote speaker and recipient of the Foundation's Award for Professional Excellence, Paul Goldberger.

List of Winners
Pictures: Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3

The Ed Bacon Foundation is pleased to announce its second annual national student design competition. This competition is designed to challenge students across North America to focus on urban design problems, while simultaneously raising awareness of the work of Philadelphia's renowned former Planning Director, Edmund N. Bacon.

This year's competition focuses on Market East, an area of Center City Philadelphia that was significantly shaped by Bacon's planning concepts. Entrants are asked not to design or improve upon the original scheme, nor are they asked to realize Bacon's goals for the site. Instead, entrants are challenged to conceive a new and original concept for improving the site, showing awareness of its historical evolution, the site's modern users and opportunities, and keeping an eye to the future.

The total prizes are $6,000, including $2,000 for the first place winner.

At a Glance

Open to any college or university student in North America, studying planning, architecture, urban design, or any related field
Individuals who are registered students during any time between the open and close of the competition are eligible
Entry submissions must be postmarked by September 4, 2007
The total prizes are $6,000 including $2,000 for first place
Entries will be judged by a national jury and winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony in Philadelphia on November 5, 2007
Direct any additional questions to info@edbacon.org

Edmund N. Bacon was Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949-1970. During that time he conceived numerous visions that dramatically changed the face of his hometown. Bacon's portrait was on the cover of Time magazine in 1964, and his book Design of Cities is still considered an important work on urban design. "Ed Bacon" came to be known as one of the most significant planners of the 20th century. Bacon died in October 2005. More on Edmund N. Bacon

The Ed Bacon Foundation is a tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 2004, with the mission of preserving and strengthening the vision and legacy of Edmund N. Bacon. More on the Ed Bacon Foundation