Housing industry, architects and municipalities called upon to participate
Berlin - Affordable and high-quality housing construction is currently more important than ever. For more than three decades, outstanding housing projects have been awarded the German Building Award every two years. This year's edition of the competition has now been announced.
The aim of the award, which is sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Construction, is to recognise the responsible efforts of developers to create affordable housing and neighbourhoods in "High Quality at Affordable Cost".
The German Building Award is known in the professional world and beyond as the most important prize in the field of housing construction in Germany. It is awarded by the German Association of Cities, the Association of German Architects (BDA) and the German Housing Association (GdW) within the framework of the joint KOOPERATION working group (AG KOOP).
The jury will use eight criteria to select 30 projects that will be nominated for the German Building Owner Award. All nominees will receive recognition for the projects they have submitted. A total of five German Building Owner Awards and up to three additional special awards will be presented.
"In order to continuously improve good and quality housing in Germany, innovative and at the same time affordable solutions are indispensable. Especially now, social responsibility and awareness of the quality of living spaces play a decisive role in this. The compatibility of these two criteria has been honoured with the German Building Award for more than 30 years and has only gained in importance," says GdW President Axel Gedaschko.
"How liveable cities are is determined in particular by the qualities of their public spaces and their built environment. The good examples from the German Building Award set standards for this. They offer high quality at affordable costs. It is good if, in the sense of sustainable and future-oriented urban development, such positive examples inspire other builders in as many places as possible," affirms the President of the German Association of Cities, Lord Mayor Markus Lewe from Münster.
"We need good and affordable housing that makes a qualitative contribution to urban and inner development and in which people want to live. Innovative existing developments and the further building of existing neighbourhoods are most likely to achieve high qualities at affordable costs while minimising the consumption of resources," explains Susanne Wartzeck, President of the BDA.
Housing companies and cooperatives, private and public developers, investors, developer groups, municipalities and property developers, freelance architects, urban planners and landscape architects as well as consortiums of planners in coordination with their developers can submit projects.
The submission of the competition documents is exclusively online via the portal www.einreichung-deutscherbauherrenpreis.de possible. The deadline for applications is 14 March 2022 at 2 pm.
Further information on the competition and the award winners is also available at www.deutscherbauherrenpreis.de
Keywords: DE-News, Affordable housing, Contests & Prizes, Housing, Aesthetics / Architecture / Building Culture
