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The Mayor’s Urban Design Awards (MUDA) are presented annually at the State of the City address. To qualify, projects must be located within city limits and achieve significant impact through enhancing public spaces, promoting pedestrian safety, conserving resources and preserving historic buildings and places.  Nominations are open during the fall of each year for the following award categories:

• Buildings and Environment
• Public Places
• Public Art
• Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse

2012 MUDA Winners

• Building and Environment: The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
• Public Places: Las Vegas City Hall
• Public Art: Pipe Dream (Fanfare for the Common Man), artist Tim Bavington
• Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse: The National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement (The Mob Museum), and Neon Museum Visitors Center

2012 MUDA press release

2011

• Buildings and Environment: Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas
• Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse: 1211 S. 16th Street, Hillside Heights Neighborhood
• Public Places: First St. Beautification Project
• Public Art: Cultural Corridor Trail Improvements

2010

• Buildings and Environment, RTC—Bonneville Transit Center and Stop and Glow bus shelters
• Public Places, Gary Dexter Park, located at Upland Avenue and Trent Avenue
• Public Art, Aerial Gallery, located on Las Vegas Boulevard from Charleston Boulevard to Stewart Avenue
• Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse, Emergency Arts, located in the former Fremont Medical and JC Penny’s Building on Fremont Street and 6th Street

2009

• Buildings and Their Environs, The Brett Wesley Contemporary Gallery
• Public Places, Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs Visitor’s Center
• Public Art, The Southern Nevada Police Memorial Monument
• Historic Preservation, Las Vegas Boulevard Neon Sign Restoration Project

2008

• Buildings and Their Environs, Molasky Corporate Center, 100 City Parkway
• Public Places, Fremont East Streetscape Improvements in the Entertainment District
• Public Art, The Ancestral Gateway, 1930 N. J. St.
• Historic Preservation, Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St.

2007

• Buildings and Their Environs, Newport Lofts
• Public Places, Las Vegas Springs Preserve
• Public Art, Betty Willis (Lifetime Contribution to Las Vegas, Iconic Neon Signage)
• Historic Preservation, The Morelli House

2006

• Buildings and Their Environs, World Market Center, Building 1
• Public Places, Lewis Street Pedestrian Corridor
• Public Art, El Jardin (East LV Community Senior Center)• Public Places, Gary Dexter Park, located at Upland Avenue and Trent Avenue