Awards
The Healthy City Design Awards 2025 celebrate and recognise professional and research excellence in the design and planning of healthy and sustainable cities and communities around the world.
The Call for Entries will be launching in April.
Recognising excellence in the design and planning of healthy and sustainable cities and communities
The Healthy City Design Awards recognise innovation and excellence in conceptualising, planning, designing and constructing the urban built environment, in respect of its vital relevance to two highly interdependent fields: human health and wellbeing, and the principles of planetary health and sustainable development.
The suite of seven awards is structured to encourage submissions in categories that span the micro, meso and macro levels of city design and planning. These encompass design for homes and workplaces, neighbourhoods, placemaking, transport and mobility, social infrastructure, city-wide developments and, finally, the contribution of the research community to advancing knowledge in this field.
The awards aim to encourage and support projects, schemes and research which offer novel and well- considered means to positively impact on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of urban populations, through improvements to environmental factors, opportunities
for exercise, reduced pollution levels, greater community solidarity, societal resilience, diversity, equity and inclusion, and a better work-life balance for citizens of all ages.
The awards are also underpinned by the guiding principles of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in respect of progress towards good health and wellbeing, sustainable urban development, climate action, responsible consumption and strong partnership working.
Comprising eight categories across various aspects of urban health and design, the awards celebrate excellence in innovation, sustainability, health equity and community impact. Each category highlights outstanding contributions from professionals dedicated to creating healthier and more liveable cities. The awards are presented to an in-person audience at an illustrious ceremony during the final session of the Congress, and streamed online for delegates to view remotely around the world.
