The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment Winners
Winning the Professional Built Environment category is the WERKSVIERTEL MUNICH project designed by Johannes Ernst at Steidle Architekten. WERKSVIERTEL was previously an industrial site which has been transformed into an independent quarter for residential, commercial, social, and cultural activities with open public spaces for events and other forms of entertainment. The winning Student entry (this project won two categories) in Built Environment went to Frida Neckmar, Luisa Ebeling, Silvester Koessler, and Xiaoyu Yu from the Umeå Institute of Design for MIRA. MIRA reimagines the ICU as a space for recovery, connection, and care. Its core innovation is a centralized hub that organizes machines and cables, keeping them easily accessible for caregivers while minimizing visual clutter for patients and families. The jury team for the 2025 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment category was led by Bryan Chou the Design Principal at Mikyoung Kim. Joining Chou on the jury were Haemee Han, Director at Jaemee Studio, Simon Beer, Principal at OJB Landscape Architecture, Ben Peterson, Director of Community & Collaborative Design at Boston Society for Architecture, and Paul Chan, Design Architect at Studio Paul Chan.The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment category honors human-made surroundings that provide settings for people's activities. Spatial and physical structures, interiors, exhibitions, or installations, either permanent or temporary, for private, public, commercial, or industrial purposes. Built Environment Award HonoreesPro WinnerWERKSVIERTEL MUNICHBy steidle architektenPro Runner UpCurtain CallBy office officePro Runner UpThe PrydeBy Mikyoung Kim DesignPro NotableAtria Institute in New YorkBy Rockwell GroupPro NotableCatch DallasBy Rockwell GroupPro NotableGlobal Tech Client WorkplaceBy Studio MatthewsPro NotableNobu BangkokBy Rockwell GroupPro NotableThe Invisible TideBy Mason StudioStudent WinnerMIRA - Making Room for RecoveryBy Frida NeckmarStudent Runner UpBird PavilionBy Jialu HouStudent NotableWaveHydro - Power generation and hydrogen production system of wave-breaking block dikeBy Yu-He LinStudent NotableZhi Lan: A Regenerative Hotel Design Inspired by SustainabilityBy Xuekai GongSee All The Honorees of the 2025 Core77 Design Awards Here:Apps & Platforms | Built Environment | Branding | Commercial & Industrial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design for Social Impact | Emerging Technologies | Furniture & Lighting | Home & Living | Interaction | Lifestyle Accessories | Medical & Healthcare | Packaging | Speculative Design | Sports & Outdoor | Sustainability | Tools | Toys & Play | Transportation | Visual Communication

Winning the Professional Built Environment category is the WERKSVIERTEL MUNICH project designed by Johannes Ernst at Steidle Architekten. WERKSVIERTEL was previously an industrial site which has been transformed into an independent quarter for residential, commercial, social, and cultural activities with open public spaces for events and other forms of entertainment. The winning Student entry (this project won two categories) in Built Environment went to Frida Neckmar, Luisa Ebeling, Silvester Koessler, and Xiaoyu Yu from the Umeå Institute of Design for MIRA. MIRA reimagines the ICU as a space for recovery, connection, and care. Its core innovation is a centralized hub that organizes machines and cables, keeping them easily accessible for caregivers while minimizing visual clutter for patients and families.
The jury team for the 2025 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment category was led by Bryan Chou the Design Principal at Mikyoung Kim. Joining Chou on the jury were Haemee Han, Director at Jaemee Studio, Simon Beer, Principal at OJB Landscape Architecture, Ben Peterson, Director of Community & Collaborative Design at Boston Society for Architecture, and Paul Chan, Design Architect at Studio Paul Chan.
The 2025 Core77 Design Awards Built Environment category honors human-made surroundings that provide settings for people's activities. Spatial and physical structures, interiors, exhibitions, or installations, either permanent or temporary, for private, public, commercial, or industrial purposes.
Built Environment Award Honorees
- Pro Winner
WERKSVIERTEL MUNICH
By steidle architekten
- Pro Runner Up
Curtain Call
By office office
- Pro Runner Up
The Pryde
By Mikyoung Kim Design
- Pro Notable
Atria Institute in New York
By Rockwell Group
- Pro Notable
Catch Dallas
By Rockwell Group
- Pro Notable
Global Tech Client Workplace
By Studio Matthews
- Pro Notable
Nobu Bangkok
By Rockwell Group
- Pro Notable
The Invisible Tide
By Mason Studio
- Student Winner
MIRA - Making Room for Recovery
By Frida Neckmar
- Student Runner Up
Bird Pavilion
By Jialu Hou
- Student Notable
WaveHydro - Power generation and hydrogen production system of wave-breaking block dike
By Yu-He Lin
- Student Notable
Zhi Lan: A Regenerative Hotel Design Inspired by Sustainability
By Xuekai Gong
See All The Honorees of the 2025 Core77 Design Awards Here:
Apps & Platforms | Built Environment | Branding | Commercial & Industrial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design for Social Impact | Emerging Technologies | Furniture & Lighting | Home & Living | Interaction | Lifestyle Accessories | Medical & Healthcare | Packaging | Speculative Design | Sports & Outdoor | Sustainability | Tools | Toys & Play | Transportation | Visual Communication