The BFW Federal Association of Independent Real Estate and Housing Companies has presented the shortlist for this year's B!WRD developer award. Forward-looking construction projects in the residential, commercial and neighbourhood development sectors are being recognised. As association president Dirk Salewski explained in Berlin, affordable construction and living remain at the heart of industry challenges against a backdrop of persistently high costs. The nominated projects are characterised by resource-saving concepts, the use of non-toxic building materials, modular and serial construction methods, and flexible floor plans.
The awards ceremony will take place on 18 March 2027 at a dedicated evening event during the German Real Estate Congress. Verena Hubertz, Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building, has assumed patronage for the special award for affordable construction.
Residential and commercial projects in competition
Five projects are competing for the award in the Residential category: the Cube68 timber module micro-apartments in Dinkelsbühl (WISA Baubetreuungs- und Bauträgergesellschaft mbH with Liebel/Architekten BDA), Das große kleine Haus in Munich (Das große kleine Haus eG with ARGE Teleinternetcafe and bogevischs buero), and Kleiner Wohnen@Land in Redwitz an der Rodach (RAAB Baugesellschaft mbH & Co KG with Krannich Architekten). The field is completed by the Kleyerstraße residential complex in Frankfurt am Main by Swiss Life Asset Managers with Stefan Forster, and the Lofts in Konstanz, developed by BPD Immobilienentwicklung with Sauerbruch Hutton.
In the Commercial category, the Das KOHO project in Altdorf near Nuremberg by Empresa GmbH with Schwarz Architekturbüro is nominated, alongside two schemes in Munich: MONACO by Rock Capital Investment GmbH (architecture: MVRDV and Landau + Kindelbacher) and landN - das Netzwerkhaus by Urban Progress with CSMM. Further nominees include the Lögow property in Wusterhausen/Dosse (Strenger Family Office) and the revitalisation of LOFT by Covivio in Berlin by Covivio Office Holding.
Holistic neighbourhood concepts and jury panel
The Neighbourhood segment includes Hamburg's MorellenQuartier by HANSA Baugenossenschaft, Vitalquartier Maria-Hilf in Mönchengladbach (Schleiff Denkmalentwicklung with ASTOC), and the FRANKY quarter in Frankfurt by Instone Real Estate. Also nominated are the Schopenhauerstraße residential quarter in Aschaffenburg (Stadtbau Aschaffenburg) and the Regensburger Viertel in Nuremberg by Siedlungswerk Nürnberg.
The final award decisions will be made by an interdisciplinary panel. The jury includes André Adami (bulwiengesa), Prof. Dr-Ing. Vanessa Borkmann and Carina Müller (Fraunhofer IAO), Simon Dietzfelbinger (Drees & Sommer), Prof. Elisabeth Endres (TU Braunschweig/Bundesstiftung Bauakademie), Prof. Dr Daniel Kaltofen (EBZ Business School), Katharina Metzger (BDB), Alexander Pötzsch (BDA), and Dirk Salewski (BFW).
