11 sustainable projects named winners of 2026 Mipim Awards

Mipim 2026, the international real estate fair in Cannes, ended with the announcement of the 11 winners of the 2026 Mipim Awards. Created in 1991, the competition celebrates the world’s most useful, sustainable and visionary real estate projects, both completed and still under development, that are shaping the future of cities and communities.

Paris won the most awards: BPM in Rue de Rivoli, by Redevco, received the prize for Best Conversion Project, while La Fondation in Rue Legendre, by Galia, was recognised as the best mixed-use project. AXA IM Alts’ 25 Avenue Matignon was named Best workplace experience.

Copenhagen came a close second: Home.Earth Naerheden won the Best residential project award, while Nordhavn, by CPH City & Port Development, was named Best urban regeneration project.

Bestseller’s Logistics Center West in the Netherlands won the award as Best industrial & logistics project and Populus, in Denver, US, won recognition as the Best hospitality, tourism & leisure project.

Hertshten Properties’ 85 Gracechurch Street, in London, won the Best new development award, while Maraey Rio de Janeiro was named Best hospitality, tourism and leisure project.

This year’s “Special Jury Prize” as well as the Prize for Best Cultural, Sports & Education project was awarded to Sydney Fish Market in Australia. The project is a new world-class culinary destination as well as a functional shopping centre. Inspired by the archetype of a traditional market, its design features a large, suspended roof structure made of wood and aluminium that appears to float above the building.

From exemplary buildings in real estate’s main asset classes, to mixed-use and urban regeneration schemes that rewrite the rule book, the winners of the MIPIM Awards have one thing in common: a commitment to sustainability.

The jury focused on projects that seek to enhance the built environment’s prospects, in line with ESG goals. From a consideration of construction and operational carbon, to climate and life cycle concerns, prizes have been awarded to projects that best serve their end-users and wider communities while making a contribution to the economy.

The competition, now in its 35th edition, received entries from 19 countries around the world, including China, the United States, Canada, Australia, Oman, and European nations.