Architects Terrefuge/Terreform ONE, led by Daniels Gehry Chair Mitchell Joachim, have won the 2010 Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment in the Research & Initiative category.

"Self-Sufficient City" (New York City Resource & Mobility) is for the sustainable future of New York. It is a conceptual master plan based on the premise that rapid growth, rising sea levels, urban heat island effect, and massive climate change will fundamentally alter the city. New York is envisioned as existing in a fully autonomous and self-sufficient state without any inputs or outputs from its border. Key areas of investigation include waste, water, food, mobility, energy and habitat.

For more information: http://www.zumtobel-group-award.com/com/en/5388.htm

The Zumtobel Group Award is designed to honour sustainable solutions in architecture and engineering that make a pioneering contribution to the future quality of life. The objectives of the award are:

- to address the current challenges and highlight the possibilities of sustainable architecture and urban planning
- to identify and discuss the various requirements and interests related to sustainability and humanity in the built environment
- to encourage current and future generations to engage actively in research into new sustainable perspectives and their implementation

The award is divided into two categories, covering built and realised projects on the one hand and research and initiatives on the other. The categories are "Built Environment" and "Research & Initiative".