Berlin-Brandenburg Landscape Architecture Award 2026

A platform for projects that connect people, places, and the future!

65 projects from Brandenburg and Berlin were submitted: impressive highlights, inspiring designs, interim stages, unconventional experiments, and ideas off the beaten path. On June 29, our jury selected the grand prize winner from among 21 nominated projects. We’ll be celebrating all the winners, nominees, and the People’s Choice Award on August 27 and look forward to your registrations for the awards ceremony.

Evening program starts at 6:00 p.m. each day. Free admission. No registration required.

“Is climate change a gateway to working more artistically? What messages do the award-winning projects convey? Tailwind or headwind—how can collaboration succeed?”

Friday, August 28, Thinking Big. Design with Purpose in the Age of Climate Change.
Presentations and discussion, moderated by Luisa Balz, hochC Landscape Architecture

A Tendency Toward Neglect: Revisited—The New-Old Aesthetic in Times of Climate Adaptation.
Prof. Cordula Loidl-Reisch, Jury Chair

Design and Responsibility in the Anthropocene – Approaches to Universal Cohabitation.
Violeta Burckhardt, urban planner, curator, Studio Erde

Landscape Architecture and Experimentation – or the Joy of Not Doing Everything Right.
Prof. Sebastian Sowa, jury member

Planting the Future – Near-Natural Plant Communities Between Steppe Formation and Flooding.
Theresa Gläßer, planting designer, lecturer, competition team

Tuesday, September 1, We think: Truly worthy of recognition.  WILA—Women in Landscape Architecture—invites you to a networking event

Jury member Kirsten Klaczynski of the Federal Foundation for Building Culture will speak about jury work, difficult decisions, and the value of diverse perspectives. Afterward, participants will step into the role of a jury themselves. In small discussion groups, participants will explore what makes a project exceptional and what voices a good jury needs. The program begins at 6:45 p.m. Prior to that, at 6:00 p.m., there will be a guided tour of the exhibition.

Thursday, September 3, Down to Earth. Innovative Practices in Responsibility and Participation.

On Participation and Collaboration—Strategies for Climate Adaptation.
Achim Wollschläger, Patron, Bauakademie, Collaborator

Shaping Biodiversity: On Apparent Conflicts and Real Challenges.
Jakob Nolte, Biodiversity Specialist, UN Decade

The Love Tactic: Fun is a crowbar, emotions are political, hope takes practice.
Kerem Halbrecht, Social Entrepreneur, 72 Hour Urban Action, PlattenBaum

Official! Adapted Urban (Non-)Spaces – The District’s Real Labs.
Jochen Flenker, Head of the Green Spaces Department, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, community activist.

Radical Sensing – Dynamic Irrigation, or How to Water with Precision!
Alexander Borgmann, known as Büser, Arbor Revital, adjunct lecturer