The German Urban Design Award 2020 goes to the Quartier am ehemaligen Blumengroßmarkt project in Berlin. The design authors include bbzl böhm benfer zahiri landschaften städtebau (urban development concept) and Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten (open spaces at the Akademie Jüdisches Museum and Besselpark).

"The neighbourhood at the former flower wholesale market in Berlin Kreuzberg is exemplary for a co-creative urban redevelopment that focuses on living and working together and pursues long-term sustainable development strategies in the neighbourhood. The project (...) is particularly exemplary in the sense of the German Urban Development Award."

Prof. Dr. Christina Simon-Philipp, HFT Stuttgart, Chairwoman of the Jury

The special prize on the topic of "Urban development revisited: prizes -practice -perspectives" was awarded to the project Urban development area Stuttgarter Straße, Französisches Viertel in Tübingen.

The prizes were awarded on 23 April 2021 in a digital award ceremony at the Akademie der Künste on Pariser Platz in Berlin. The biennial urban development prize is awarded by the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning (DASL) with significant support from the Wüstenrot Foundation. It serves to promote forward-looking planning and urban development culture.

81 applications were submitted. The urban development prize is endowed with 15,000€ and the special prize with 5,000€. The awards receive €1,000 and the fourth category is commendations.

Further information on the Urban Development Prize and the 15 award-winning projects can be found at www.staedtebaupreis.de.

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