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Awards

The Winners have been announced

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The Healthy City Design Awards 2024 celebrate and recognise professional and research excellence in the design and planning of healthy and sustainable cities and communities around the world.

The winners have been revealed, following a hard-fought competition and intensive judging process, click below to learn more. 

HCD2024 Awards Winners

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. 

Marc Sansom MBA
Marc Sansom MBA
Co-founder, Healthy City Design; Managing director, SALUS Global Knowledge Exchange
Prof Jeremy Myerson
Prof Jeremy Myerson
Co-founder, Healthy City Design; director, WORKTECH Academy; professor emeritus, Royal College of Art, UK

Judging process and timetable

July 2024

Awards Call for Entries launched

12 September 2024

Extended deadline for Awards entries

13-17 September

Judging phase 1: Evaluation and shortlisting of submissions by judging panel

19 September

Shortlist announcement: The shortlisted submissions are notified and invited to register their participation in the Congress to present their project in Video+Poster format

16 October 2024

Awards ceremony in final session of the 8th Healthy City Design 2024 Congress

October-November 2024

Publication of award winners on Healthy City Design and SALUS Global Knowledge Exchange websites, and via press announcements in local, national, professional and social media channels

On-demand tickets Virtual event