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Auszeichnungen für gute Bauten Graubünden

Swiss architecture award

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ104717424 ↗
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Auszeichnungen für gute Bauten Graubünden is a Swiss-based architecture prize that has been awarded by the Gute Bauten Graubünden (Award for Architectural Achievements) since 1987.

The award recognizes developers for their outstanding contributions to the building culture in the canton of Graubünden. These contributions serve as benchmarks for superior building quality. The intention of the award is to foster public interaction with architectural spaces and to highlight the significance of high-caliber building practices. The award aims to promote discussion about architecture and thereby create awareness for building culture.

New buildings from the fields of architecture and engineering, conversions, restorations, exterior design (squares, gardens, etc.) as well as implemented urban planning and approved spatial planning projects can be submitted for assessment.

History

The Gute Bauten Graubünden association is organized by the following associations: Federation of Swiss Architects, Bündner Heimatschutz, Bündner Association for Spatial Development, Heritage Protection Section Engadin and Southern Valleys, Institute for Building in the Alpine Region, Schweizerischer Werkbund and Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects.

Judges

The selection committee for the Gute Bauten Graubünden award is made up of interdisciplinary members with four external experts from different areas of building culture and one politician. The jury selects a number that it deems appropriate from the submitted projects for the award.

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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q104717424. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987.

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This entry incorporates text from “Auszeichnungen für gute Bauten Graubünden” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.