The Urbanism Awards are the Academy’s primary platform for recognising the best, most enduring or most improved urban environments.
2023 Awards: Nominate a great City, Town, Neighbourhood, Street or Place
Find nomination guidance and form for this year's Urbanism Awards
We have visited, assessed and celebrated outstanding examples of good urbanism across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
As well as providing a means to build relationships with places that are doing good work, the Awards help us to build a strong evidence base for high quality, innovative and sustainable urbanism, which we share online, in print and at events.
See 2021 winners and finalists here.
Great Place Archive

Porto, The European City of the Year 2020
Criteria
During each assessment visit we look at the following areas
1. Leadership and Governance: Is the place well managed, inclusive, fair?
2. Local Character: To what extent does the place provide a distinctive sense of place, identity and cultural resonance?
3. Amenity: To what extent is the place an attractive, safe and enticing place for people to live, work, play, visit and enjoy?
4. Commercial Success & Viability: To what extent does the place provide a conducive environment for wealth creation and distribution and is it able to support the maintenance and improvement of its urban environment?
5. Environmental Sustainability: To what extent does the place exhibit and promote environmental sustainability?
6. Community, Health and Wellbeing: To what extent does the place exhibit and promote civic behaviour, social cohesion, health and wellbeing?
7. Connectivity: To what extent does the place provide transport and access options to an appropriate range of urban services?
The Great Place Award Winners
The Great Street Award Winners
The Great Neighbourhood Award Winners

Brixton, London
2013

Byker, Newcastle
2018
The Great Town Awards Winners
The European City of the Year

Antwerp, Belgium
2013

Berlin, Germany
2008

Bilbao, Spain
2018

Bristol, UK
2009

Copenhagen, Denmark
2017

Edinburgh, UK
2007

Glasgow, UK
2011

Leipzig, Germany
2019

Lisbon, Portugal
2012

Porto, Portugal
2020

Rotterdam, Netherlands
2015

San Sebastián, Spain
2016