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Sustainable architecture: The best concrete projects in Austria 2025 chosen!
On June 24, 2025, innovative projects were honored at the Austrian Concrete Prize, including the sustainable residential project Campo Breitenlee in Vienna.
Sustainable architecture: The best concrete projects in Austria 2025 chosen!
On June 24, 2025, the Austrian Concrete Prize was awarded at the Vienna Technical Museum. The award ceremony, which this year had a record number of 82 submissions, honors innovative construction projects that were realized using the versatile building material concrete. With an increase of 25 projects compared to 57 submissions in 2023, the growing importance of the prize for the construction industry in Austria is demonstrated. Loud OTS Christoph Ressler, board member of Beton Dialog Austria, emphasizes the important role of the prize for sustainable construction with concrete.
The expert jury, chaired by Anja Fischer, examined the submitted projects based on aspects such as sustainability, functionality and design. In this context, concrete has established itself as an irreplaceable and innovative building material for climate-neutral construction Concrete Dialogue highlights. Projects from a variety of sectors, from housing to education to revitalization, were entered into the running to determine the best in their category.
The winning projects in detail
In the residential construction sector, the Campo Breitenlee project in Vienna-Donaustadt was named the winner. This energy-plus district not only relies on sustainable heating and cooling systems, but also uses 100% renewable energy. Second place went to the Lendmark project in Graz, which impresses with its smart technologies and high material efficiency.
The Future Art Lab at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna was honored for its educational and administrative building. The jury was impressed by the building's innovative use of concrete and excellent acoustic properties. The primary and middle school Leopold-Kohr-Straße/Barbara-Prammer-Schule in Vienna, which also uses the building material efficiently, was particularly recognized.
In the area of revitalization, the Mattersburg Cultural Center was convincing, as it respectfully renovated a brutalist building from 1976. The European Patent Office, Office Vienna, also received recognition for the sustainable redesign of an existing building from the 1970s.
A look into the future
The next Austrian Concrete Prize will be awarded in 2027. By then, numerous new projects should see the light of day. The submissions are diverse: from schools to residential buildings to complex infrastructures, and concern both new buildings and renovations. The projects must have been completed in Austria between 2020 and 2025 and, in addition to the necessary functionality, also show a high degree of creativity and resource conservation, as Beton Dialog makes clear.
The Austrian Concrete Prize not only recognizes the innovative strength of the industry, but also shows the path to climate-neutral construction. Concrete as a building material is viewed as long-lasting and locally available, which creates the necessary basis for a sustainable future. We can only hope that many creative minds will follow this trend and continue to advance the construction industry in Austria.