2026 Awards Shortlist

Lead judge: Sunand Prasad OBE, PPRIBA, Perkins&Will, UK

Panel judges: Hugo Nobel, Urban Initiatives, UK

Natalia Uribe, BDP, UK

This award recognises excellence in urban planning and design that delivers healthier, more resilient and inclusive cities. It celebrates evidence-based, people-centred approaches to urban development, including compact city models, active living and regeneration, demonstrating how planning, design and local context combine to shape healthier urban futures.

Lead judge: Ben Cave, BCA; University of Groningen, UK

Panel judges: Cathy Russell, Ryder, UK

Heather Macey, Makower Architects, UK

This award recognises projects that demonstrate how housing and neighbourhood design can support health, equity and everyday wellbeing. It highlights innovative, evidence-based approaches to delivering healthy, affordable and adaptable homes within inclusive, walkable communities, improving access to services, green space and social connection across all stages of life.

Lead judge: Louise Ciotti, University of the West of England, UK

Panel judges: Robert Delius, Stride Treglown, UK

Anna Rose, Space Syntax, UK

This award celebrates projects that integrate sustainable infrastructure and green mobility to support human and planetary health. It recognises low-carbon, resource-efficient and inclusive systems, including transport, energy and nature-based solutions, that improve air quality, enable active lifestyles and strengthen environmental, social and economic resilience.

Lead judge: Lourdes Madigasekera-Elliott, East Sussex County Council, UK

Panel judges: Mark Drane, Urban Habitats, UK

Ernst ter Horst, MCAU, UK

This award recognises projects that deliver measurable social value and positive community impact through planning and development. It highlights approaches that embed equity, inclusion and health outcomes into decision-making, demonstrating meaningful engagement, co-design and long-term benefits that strengthen communities and ensure development delivers tangible public value.

Lead judge: Beatrice Fraenkel, Design Council, UK

Panel judges: Victoria Head, Archus, UK

Kerry Harding, Mott MacDonald, UK

This award recognises place-based approaches that improve health outcomes at population and neighbourhood levels. It highlights projects that integrate healthcare into communities alongside planning and design strategies that support prevention, early intervention and health equity, creating accessible, resilient and people-centred systems of care.

Lead judge: Jeremy Myerson, The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art; WORKTECH Academy, UK

Panel judges: Esme Banks Marr, BVN, UK

Mark Eltringham, Insight Publishing, UK

This award recognises excellence in the design, delivery and management of workplaces that support health, wellbeing and productivity. It includes a wide range of settings and highlights evidence-based approaches that improve physical and mental health, safety, inclusion and sustainability across diverse working environments.

Lead judge: Helen Pineo, University of Washington, USA

Panel judges: Garrett Sansom, Texas A&M Health, USA

Chris McGinley, RCA, UK

Andy Miah, University of Salford, UK

This award recognises outstanding research that advances understanding of how the built environment influences health, equity and wellbeing. It celebrates original, independently assessed research that contributes to design, policy or practice, including studies, tools and frameworks with clear relevance and potential for real-world impact.

Note: The shortlist for this award will be announced at a later date.