Vincent Scully Prize to Friends of the High Line Co-Founders

The National Building Museum (NBM) has announced that the 15th Vincent Scully Prize will be awarded to Joshua David and Robert Hammond, founders of Friends of the High Line and the driving force behind the preservation and transformation of the elevated High Line into a park designed by James Corner Field Operations and Diller, Scofidio + Renfro. The jury—comprised of chair David Schwarz, along with Deborah Berke, Gary Haney, Ned Cramer, and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk—selected the duo "in recognition of how the High Line has inspired new thinking about the potential to repurpose unused industrial infrastructure into active public space." David and Hammond will formally receive the award at a public ceremony and lecture on September 30 at the NBM in Washington, DC.

Since 1999, the NBM has awarded the Vincent Scully Prize "to recognize exemplary practice, scholarship, or criticism in architecture, historic preservation, and urban design." The prize is named for Vincent Scully, sterling professor emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University and the first recipient of the award. Last year the prize was given to Paul Goldberger. Previous recipients also include Jane Jacobs, Robert Venturi, and Christopher Alexander, among others.