“Build a Better Burb” was an ideas competition for retrofitting Long Island’s downtowns. The 2010 competition was open to anyone interested in shaping the future of Long Island; architects, urban designers, planners, students, and visionaries. Over 560 people contributed 212 submissions and a jury of distinguished professionals and academics selected 23 finalists.  From amongst the finalists the jurors selected five winners plus one student winner.  Voting by the public was held throughout the summer and a “Long Island Index People’s Choice” winner was selected.

For more information about the winners and their designs, use the left-hand navigation options.

To view the designs of all the finalists, go to www.buildabetterburb.org/gallery.

Jury

Allison Arieff, design journalist, contributor to the New York Times "Opinionator" blog and GOOD Magazine

Daniel D’Oca, Interboro Partners, New York, and assistant professor, Maryland Institute College of Art

Rob Lane, director of the Design Program at the Regional Plan Association

Paul Lukez, principal of Paul Lukez Architecture, Boston, and author of Suburban Transformations

Lee Sobel, real estate development and finance analyst, U.S. EPA: Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation

Galina Tahchieva, partner at Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company, Miami, author of the forthcoming Sprawl Repair Manual

Georgeen Theodore, Interboro Partners, New York, and associate director of the Infrastructure Planning program, New Jersey Institute of Technology

June Williamson, Jury Coordinator, associate professor of architecture, City College of New York/CUNY, and co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs