At a celebratory gala at the Erlenbad Resort in Sasbach, the winners of the Baden Architecture Prize 2026 were honoured in front of around 250 guests. In eight out of eleven categories, the decision was made by a public online vote, which drew a record 38,946 votes by 16 October. The evening's programme was hosted by presenter Ulf Tietge.
Awards for corporate and residential architecture
In the Corporate Architecture category, the Geberit Campus in Pfullendorf prevailed with 1,527 votes over the production building of Winzerverein Reichenau with 1,440 votes. Designed by ATELIER BRÜCKNER from Stuttgart, the training and education centre presents itself as an extensively glazed pavilion with three punched-through cubes made of exposed concrete. The jury highlighted its understated clarity in the tradition of Classical Modernism and pointed to the square floor plan as a formal counterpart to the corporate logo.
The award for Residential Architecture went to Hadi Teherani Architects for two lakeside design houses in Heilbronn's Neckarbogen. With 1,310 votes, the design finished ahead of the CARL timber-hybrid high-rise in Pforzheim, which received 1,194 votes. Both buildings feature expressive facades made of three-dimensional aluminium and vary a distinctive arch motif. The Hamburg-based practice had previously won the award in 2022.
Outstanding individual results and conversion projects
The strongest individual result was achieved by the practice studio koe with the conversion of Haus S in Schönwald, which won the Interior Design category with 4,884 votes. The split-level terraced house, measuring just four metres in width, was completely gutted and refurbished for energy efficiency, with a central staircase and bespoke fitted furniture made of silver fir setting defining accents. In the Urban Design category, the hiLde residential quarter in Heidelberg-Rohrbach by ap88 Architektur narrowly prevailed with 2,184 votes against Staudenplatz in Karlsruhe-Rintheim with 2,162 votes. On the conversion site of the former US hospital, 173 apartments were created around a green courtyard, complemented by quotations from the poet Hilde Domin.
Another success for Heidelberg followed in the Building within Existing Contexts category: the listed former railway depot by AAg Architekten won with 2,559 votes. In the Landscape Architecture category, the footbridge through the Marienschlucht in Bodman-Ludwigshafen by 365° freiraum + umwelt, newly erected following an eleven-year closure, secured victory by a narrow margin. The award for Public and Social Architecture went to Siedle Haus in Furtwangen by brandlhuber + hotz+ architekten, while the digitally managed Artbau Hotel in Waldkirch by Bloque won the newly introduced Hospitality Architecture category.
Back in July, the jury had already selected three special awards, which were presented during the event. The award for Ecological Building went to the new building of the State Institute of Bee Research at the University of Hohenheim by Lanz Schwager & Partner Architekten. Ecker Architekten received the award for Building of the Future for the Schwabenheim lock near Dossenheim. The Young Talent Award, endowed with EUR 2,000, went to Gereon Schumacher and Finn Hoffmeister for their concept of a water landscape within Stuttgart's terminus station. The All-Stars Award 2026 was awarded to Basel architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, whose creations include Munich's Allianz Arena and the VitraHaus in Weil am Rhein.
