If ever there’s a city that has managed to hold onto its centuries of architectural heritage while embracing cutting edge modern design, then its Madrid in Spain.
Now its green credentials [thanks to its amazing trees and landscaping rather than its dismal recycling and car pollution record] have been given the thumbs up, with the city being awarded the first of 100 Green Good Design Awards.
Founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen and Charles and Ray Eames, GOOD DESIGN is the “world’s oldest and most significant global program that awards the best of the best design in terms of visionary products and environments”.
“The City of Madrid,” said Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine, Museum President, The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture “ is one of the ‘greenest’ cities on our planet…….”
Trolls are not the only ones who live under bridges apparently, at least according to designers at Canadian architects, 
Questions?