The winners of this year’s Mipim Awards have been selected. Copenhagen (alongside Paris) secured the most awards, with such projects as Home.Earth Nærheden and Nordhavn recognised as best in their respective categories.

This year’s ‘Special Jury Award’ has been awarded to Sydney Fish Market. The project is a new world-class gourmet destination as well as a functional trade and commerce centre. Inspired by a traditional market archetype, its design features a sweeping timber and aluminium floating roof structure that floats over the building.

This year, the jury has focused on projects that embed sustainability and circularity as fundamentals for development. The awards criteria set an increasingly high benchmark, reinforcing their role in shaping trends that lead to more resilient, inclusive and inspiring places. Each submission was evaluated on its environmental performance and integration into its surroundings, the quality of the user experience, economic contribution, originality and architectural qualities.

The winners are:

·        Best conversion project: BPM, Paris, France

·        Best cultural, sports & education project: Sydney Fish Market, Sydney, Australia

·        Best hospitality, tourism & leisure project: Populus, Denver, United States

·        Best industrial & logistics project: BESTSELLER Logistics Center West, Lelystad, The Netherlands

·        Best mixed-use project: La Fondation, Paris, France

·        Best residential project: Home.Earth Nærheden, Copenhagen, Denmark

·        Best urban regeneration project: Nordhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark

·        Best workplace experience: 25, Avenue Matignon – AXA IM Alts, Paris, France

·        Best new development: 85 Gracechurch Street, London, UK

·        Best new mega development: MARAEY RIO DE JANEIRO, Maricá, Brazil

·        Special jury awards: Sydney Fish Market, Sydney, Australia

Mipim Awards Jury Chairman, Véronique Bédague, said:

“The jury warmly congratulates all the winners of this year’s Mipim Awards. We saw a clear shift in how the industry is thinking: projects that prioritise transformation, embed sustainability and circularity from the outset, and place genuine community benefit at their core. Many also drew deeply on local identity, proving that development rooted in context can still be bold, contemporary and ambitious. They set a higher benchmark for the Mipim Awards and reinforce the Awards’ role in shaping the trends that drive more resilient, inclusive and inspiring places across the industry.”

Mipim Director, Nicolas Boffi, said:

“All of the projects submitted for this year’s awards demonstrate the industry’s outstanding commitment to developing and reimagining real estate across the world that will have a lasting impact on cities and communities for generations to come. This year’s winners represent new building techniques, the growing practice of adaptive reuse and the power of civic identity when applied to design. All of which serve as impressive examples of where the industry is headed. Mipim is grateful to the jury president, Véronique Bédague, for her expertise and leadership among the jury members."