Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm and the Environmental Design Research Association announce the eleventh annual EDRA/Places Awards for Place Design, Planning and Research - this year in cooperation with Metropolis Magazine. Unique in the ever-expanding universe of award programs, their concern is for good places and how people inhabit them.

They seek entries of exemplary work, inviting participation from a range of design and research disciplines, recognizing projects whose significance extends beyond any one profession or field. Projects should emphasize a link between research and practice, demonstrating how an understanding of human interaction with place can inspire design.

The awards jury will be held 29 February - 1 March at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with winners announced the week following. Official presentations will be made in May 2008 at the annual EDRA conference, to be held this year in Veracruz, Mexico. Winning projects will be announced in Metropolis and on the Places website, with full write-ups and commentary published in the Fall 2008 issue of Places.

The deadline for entries for the 2008 EDRA/Places Awards is 7 February 2008. Visit edra.org for all the details.