Final spurt: Apply now for the 31st Jena Façade Award
Anyone who still wants to apply for the Jena Façade Award 2023 or the special Energy Efficiency Award should do so soon. The application deadline is four weeks away on 29.09.2023. Architects and their clients can take part with their projects. Prizes will be awarded for the façade design of new buildings and renovated existing buildings. The winners will be chosen by the jury at an awards ceremony in mid-December at the town hall.
Thanks to the support of a total of 17 sponsors, exemplary new buildings and outstanding façade renovations in the city of Jena will be honored for the 31st time since 1993. This year, the following companies, institutions and private individuals are providing contributions in kind and prize money totaling over €10,000 for the façade award:
- Sparkasse Jena Saale Holzland
- IBA GmbH
- HI Bauprojekt GmbH
- S&L Szymanski GmbH
- Optician Stegmann
- District craftsmen's association Jena-Saale-Holzland
- Your painter Thomas Jüttner GmbH
- Veit & Heppner GmbH
- OTTO Architecture + Landscape Architecture Partnership mbB
- AICON Real Estate
- Family Gummich
- HEYX Engineering
- Gisi Architecture
- Elisabeth Wackernagel
- Heiko Krabbes
- Child energy consulting
- Motel & Bowling Jembopark
The façade prize is aimed at all completed projects within the city of Jena that are also characterized by high-quality open space design. In addition, a special prize for energy efficiency is awarded for projects in which the architecture is combined with the use of renewable energies and technologies to increase energy efficiency in a particularly exemplary quality. Properties that have already won awards in recent years include renovated or newly constructed single-family homes, apartment buildings, industrial buildings and research facilities, as well as other public buildings.
The jury consists of members of the architectural advisory board, sponsors and employees of the city administration. A main prize with prize money is awarded. The jury can also award commendations (with or without cash prizes) in recognition of other outstanding buildings. For public developers and housing associations with more than 15 rented apartments in their portfolio, only recognitions without prize money are possible.
The sponsors and the city of Jena look forward to receiving a wide range of applications.
The award documents with all further information are available for download.