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The Regional and Urban Design Committee (RUDC) aims to improve the quality of the regional and urban environment by promoting excellence in design, planning, and public policy in the built environment. This will be achieved through its member and public education, in concert with allied community and professional groups. Join us!

2024 Symposium

The 2024 symposium will be held in Indianapolis, IN in November. Stay tuned for dates and location. Registration will open in July.

2023 RUDC Symposium

The RUDC Symposium, held in Washington, DC October 19-20, covered emerging trends, theories, and technologies that are shaping the future of regional and urban design. Watch the engaging highlight and speaker videos >.

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Architectural Ode to Joy in Hamburg

  • 1.  Architectural Ode to Joy in Hamburg

    Posted 01-16-2017 04:10 PM

    An Architectural Ode to Joy in Hamburg

    There is little that that the Second Avenue subway line in New York and the new concert hall Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg have in common. Except that both projects were recently completed after decades of haggling and delay, both are more expensive than anything comparable has ever been before and in both cases it is a miracle that they got done at all. Both appear to be vestiges of a time when the thought of a really large project was still...

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    The philharmonic hall sits in Hafen City






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    Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
    Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
    Baltimore MD
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    24.04.30 RUDC AIAU