WES in competitions

After 50 years of experience we have proved our standing among the best of the best.
Here you will receive an insight into our competition work.

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2023 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Redesign of the Möllner Landstraße pedestrian zone and market square, Hamburg-Billstedt

1st prize | Olympic Sports Center, Wuxi
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Brodersby-Goltofts Schlei village centre
with KiS Architektur, Hamburg and APB. Schneider Andresen Pommée, Hamburg

1st prize | Nanjing Energy Valley Central Business District
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | Redesign of Polygraphplatz in Anger-Crottendorf - City of Leipzig
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

2nd prize | Citizen park - LAGA Neuss 2026
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

3rd prize | Upgrading of the Lauchhammer Castle area
with :mlzd, Berlin

Recognition | Green Loop and Activity Park in Oberbillwerder, Hamburg

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2022 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Redesign of the station forecourt "Rheinsberger Tor" Fontanestadt Neuruppin
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin and SHP Ingenieure, Hannover

1st prize | Open space and traffic planning competition "Potsdamer Straße" in Michendorf
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin and SHP Ingenieure, Hannover

1st prize | Areal Waidmannstraße – New variety for the Diebsteich
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | Refurbishment and expansion of the Salzburg festival halls
with PFP Planungs GmbH, Hamburg and Franz&Sue, Vienna

2nd prize | Rhine bank Unteres Werft, Uerdingen
with Kempen Krause Ingenieure, Aachen

2nd prize | New technical administration building, Dusseldorf
with HDR Germany, Dusseldorf

2nd prize | Schönwalde primary school
with wulf architekten, Stuttgart

2nd prize | Shishan Culture and Sports Center, Suzhou
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | Quectel Sijing Town, Shanghai
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

3rd prize | Framework concept for the edge park and buffer zone, Krampnitz
with Trautmann Landschaftsarchitekten, Berlin

Recognition | Subsequent use of the Klinikum Holwedestraße, Braunschweig
with Pysall Architekten, Berlin

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2021 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Lingang Avenue City, Shanghai
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | New construction of a learning building, University Hospital Cologne
with wulf architekten, Stuttgart

1st prize | EZ-Campus Plus - Berlin location for the Federal Ministry for economic cooperation and development (BMZ)
with HENN, Munich

1st prize | Burchardplatz and Kontorhausviertel, Hamburg

1st prize | Union Pay, Huanshan
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Water feature on the market square Alt-Spandau, Berlin
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

1st prize | Beilun Culture Forum, Ningbo
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | New construction Ortenauklinikum, Achern
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Bank Tower, Chendu
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Neubau Regionalschule Bützow
with Winking Froh Architekten, Hamburg

1st prize | Meituan, Shanghai
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Business School, Shanghai
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | University Hospital Würzburg - new head clinics (KKL) and Center Women-Mother-Child (ZFMK)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg and Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | Yaoshan Park, Jinan

2nd prize | Areal Development „Neue Mitte Südstadt“, Kassel
with Bieling Architekten, Kassel

2nd prize | Redesign Holstenstraße, Kiel
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

2nd prize | Sport Center, Shenzen

2nd prizee | Kulturpark Strausberg and District Office
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

2nd prize | Nanpu Urban Design, Shanghai
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

3rd prize | Expansion of Hamburg main station and development of the surrounding area
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

Recognition | Open space design of the Rathaus- and Marx-Engels-Forum, Berlin

Recognition | Wuyuan Park, Xiamen
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2020 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Outdoor facilities Universitätsklinikum/ Domagkstraße, Münster

1st prize | Lessingcourts - Building complex at Gänsemarkt, Hamburg
with BIWERMAU Architekten, Hamburg

1st prize | New construction Sophienschule, Hamburg
with Bieling Architekten, Hamburg

1st prize | Zhejiang University Innovation Center, Hangzhou
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Nanjing Financial City 3, Nanjing
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Restructing Campus Brekelbaums Park, Hamburg
with wulf architekten, Stuttgart

1st prize | New construction Zentralklinikum Georgsheil
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Campus Glashütte, Norderstedt
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | New construction Pfarrzentrum St. Andreas, Leverkusen
with LK Architekten, Köln

1st prize | Extension Theaterhaus Stuttgart
with PFP Planungs GmbH, Hamburg

2nd prize | WPG housing construction in Alanbrooke Quarter, Paderborn
with Winking Froh Architekten, Hamburg

2nd prize | Replacement building of the grammar school on Mühlenberg, Bad Schwartau
with spb Architekten, Bad Salzuflen

3rd prize | Development Schwanenquartier, Hamburg
with BIWERMAU Architekten, Hamburg

3rd prize | Hospital Altona, Hamburg
with HDR Architekten, Düsseldorf

Recognition | Redesign of the central entrance situation
Kyffhäuser National Monument, Sondershausen
with Marte.Marte Architekten, Feldkirch

Recognition | Stephani-Bogen / District development Neu Stephani in Bremen
with BAID Architekten, Hamburg

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2019 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Media Park, Pujiang (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | New construction and extension of the administration building Lagerhausstraße, Aachen
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | District center Freiham Nord, Munich
with Störmer Murphy and Partners, Hamburg

1st prize | Remodeling central shopping area/ Grubenstraße, Mölln
with Planungsbüro VIA, Cologne

2nd prize | New construction of an inclusion hotel in Eutin
mit PFP Planungs GmbH, Hamburg

3rd prize | New theater building in Rostock
with PFP Planungs GmbH, Hamburg

Recognition | Gartenstadt Werdersee, Bremen
with JN3N, Bremen and Dennis Winkler, Bremen

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2018 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Bogenviertel Bietigheim-Bissingen
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Lazarus Campus Bernauer Straße, Berlin

1st prize | Northern Wall Peninsula, Hanseatic City Lübeck
with Riemann Architekten, Lübeck

1st prize | Visitor Center and urban development Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt
with Marte.Marte Architekten, Feldkirch

1st prize | Bahrenfelder Höhe - am Lutherpark
with BIWERMAU Architekten, Hamburg

1st prize | urban space - shopping mall Mümmelmannsberg, Hamburg

1st prize | Innovation Campus in Landscape Park - Science Complex in Suzhou (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Alter Wall, Hamburg

1st prize | Extension Trade Fair, Offenburg-Ortenau
with Marte.Marte Architekten, Feldkirch

1st prize | Hairong Plaza, Changchun (CN)
with HENN Architekten, Munich

1st prize | Fengxian City Center, Shanghai (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | New construction of an inclusion hotel, Eutin
with PFP Planungs GmbH, Hamburg

3rd prize | stilwerk Hotel, Travemünde
with Riemann Architekten, Lübeck

3rd prize | Residential district Kohlhökerstraße, Bremen
with Winking Froh Architekten, Hamburg

Recognition | Daycare with family center, Miltenberg
with Marte.Marte Architekten, Feldkirch

Recognition | New building Bezirksrathaus, Rodenkirchen
with gmp Architeken von Gerkan, Mark und Partner, Hamburg

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2017 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Spreehafenviertel, Hamburg
with BIWERMAU Architekten, Hamburg

1st prize | Wohnen am Fleet, Hamburg
with czerner goettsch architekten, Hamburg

1st prize | Universitätsklinikum Köln Baufeld West, Cologne
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Campus innogy, Essen
with BN Architekten, Hamburg

3rd prize | Neuer Marktplatz, Bad Salzdetfurth
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

3rd prize after revision | Main Church St. Trinitatis, Hamburg
with LA'KET Architekten GmbH, Hamburg

3rd prize | Westlandhaus, Mönchengladbach
with Eike Becker Architekten, Berlin

3rd prize | Carl-Wery-Straße, Munich
with Störmer Murphy and Partners, Hamburg

3rd prize | Eltlingstraße - Eltlingplatz, Essen
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

Shortlisted | Extension of the University Hospital RWTH Aachen
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

Recognition | Altstadtplätze - Carl Schurz Straße, Erftstadt
with INROS LACKNER SE, Rostock

Recognition | University Mannheim and Friedrichspark, Mannheim
with Müller-Reimann Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Berlin

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2016 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Groner Tor, Göttingen
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

1st prize | Innenhöfe Mitte Altona, Hamburg

1st prize | Innovation Port Hamburg-Harburg
with Hadi Teherani, Hamburg

1st prize | Workshop proceeding for pedestrian area (Kölner Straße, Bahnhofsstraße) and Opladener Platz, City Leverkusen-Opladen
Project team Wündrich Landschaftsarchitekten, Düsseldorf & WES LandschaftsArchitektur

1st prize | Tower 90 – Integration of a residential tower in the European Quarters in Frankfurt, Main
with Magnus Kaminiarz & Cie. Architektur, Frankfurt and Jahn Architektur, Chicago

1st prize | Design forecourt station Augsburg - subarea station-forecourt west
with schneider + schumacher, Frankfurt/ Main

1st prize | Nanjing Financial City - Phase II (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg and schlaich bergermann partner - sbp gmbh, Stuttgart

1st prize | Greenland Shenwan, Shanghai (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | "Neu Marx gemeinsam gestalten", Vienna
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

4th prize | Campus "Berlin TXL, The Urban Tech Republic"
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin + raumlaborberlin, Berlin

Recognition | Appraisal procedure „Gestaltung Schadowstraße“, Dusseldorf
with IPL Consult Potthoff + Fürnkranz, Cologne + Manuel Franke (Art), Berlin

Shortlisted | Garden Campus Vaihingen, Stuttgart
with Hans-Herrmann Krafft, Berlin + COBE Berlin

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2015 (an excerpt)

1st prize | QS-Process inner courtyard/Panel 3, Center Altona, Hamburg

1st prize | Residential buildings - Köpenicker Straße, Berlin
with Grüntuch/Ernst Planungsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin

1st prize | Residential area Marienkrankenhaus, Frankfurt
with Magnus Kaminiarz & Cie. Architektur, Frankfurt

1st prize | Planning factory Lustgarten, Potsdam
(one of two 1. Prizes)

2nd prize | New construction hospital „Südspidol“, Esch-sur-Alzette (LU)
with gmp Architekten – von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | Entrance- and Shop-Area Experience-Zoo Hannover
with ahrens grabenhorst architekten BDA, Hannover

3rd prize | Extension Planten und Blomen – Rearrangement Dag-Hammarskjöld-Platz, Hamburg
with tsj tönies + schroeter + jansen freie architekten gmbh, Lübeck / Hannover

3rd prize | Redesign forecourts and periphery mainstation Augsburg, station-forecourt east
with schneider + schumacher, Frankfurt/Main

3rd prize | Station-Street – Münsterplatz – Schillerstraße, Mainz
with kadawittfeldarchitektur, Aachen

4th prize | Square at sport- and recreation area Waldau, Stuttgart
with Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2014 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Nan Ning Theater, Nan Ning (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | WEST Bund, Shanghai (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Suzhou Library – Storage and Distribution Center, Suzhou (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Otto SPACE, Hamburg

2nd prize | Redesign Wagramer Straße, Wien (AT)

2nd prize | South station - development of a residential quarter with additional office area, Hannover
with ahrens & grabenhorst architekten stadtplaner BDA, Hannover

2nd prize | Waitzstraße Beselerplatz - Business Improvment District - idea generation procedure, Hamburg
with SHP Ingenieure GbR, Hannover

2nd prize, 2. Round | Geschwister Scholl District School, Hamburg
with BIWERMAU Architekten, Hamburg

3rd prize | Centralisation Wahrendorff Clinic – the new specialty hospital for the soul, Sehnde
with tsj tönies + schroeter + jansen freie architekten gmbh, Lübeck / Hannover

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2013 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Urban Park, Nansha (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Health land, Wolfsburg
with tsj Architeken Tönies + Schroeter + Jansen Freie Architekten GmbH, Lübeck

1st prize | New building Grandhotel Fontenay, Hamburg
with Störmer Murphy and Partners GbR, Hamburg

1st prize | Shanghai VANKE Masterplan, Shanghai (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Qinhai Bay Integrated Transportion Hub, Qinhai (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Co City, Tianjin (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Poly Pingliang, Shanghai (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Guanglian Headquarter Campus, Shanghai (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | High Tech Campus, Villach (AT)
with Marte.Marte Architekten, Feldkirch (AT)

2nd prize | Lakeside Park 2.0 - Science & Technology Park / Alpen-Adria-University / Natura 2000, Klagenfurt (AT)
with Marte.Marte Architekten, Feldkirch (AT)

2nd prize | Open space design Humboldt-Forum surroundings, Berlin
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

2nd prize | Fuxing Point, Shanghai (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

3rd prize | Redesign Schmiedestraße - Marstall - Altstadt, Hannover

3rd prize | Living at the Denickestraße, Hamburg
with PFP Planungs GmbH, Hamburg

Recognition | New building Central- and State Library, Berlin
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2012 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Exhibition Nanchang Zoom Canyon, Nan Chang (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | City square Georgsmarienhütte, Georgsmarienhütte

1st prize | Financial city, Nanjing (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Culture Forum, Changzhou (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg
and sbp schlaich bergermann und partner GmbH, Stuttgart

1st prize | Industrial Park Sports Centre, Suzhou (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Nanjing Riverfront center, Nanjing (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

2nd prize | West Railway Station - Center Parc, Ji Nan (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

3rd prize | Streets and Squares, Neustadt an der Donau
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

Short List | Redevelopment of the remembrance site Mühldorfer Hart, Mühldorf
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

Recognition | Darrsquare and Melanchthonsquare, Apolda
with yellow z urbanism architecture, Zürich und Berlin; SHP Ingenieure GbR, Hannover; Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

Recognition | New building the municipal utilities, Weilheim in Oberbayern
with Marte.Marte Architekten, Feldkirch (AT)

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2011 (an excerpt)

1st prize | CITY LIFE Rehrlplatz, Salzburg (AT)
with SEP ARCHITEKTEN Storch Ehlers Partner GbR, Hannover

1st prize | Market square, Quedlinburg
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

1st prize | Redevelopment market square and bordering areas, Goethe city Bad Lauchstädt
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

1st prize | „Student Living“, Kamp-Lintfort
with Gerber Architekten, Dortmund

1st prize | Comprehensive Development Implementation scheme South Bund Waterfront, Pudong Area, Shanghai (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | BusinessPark Elbufer Wedel, Wedel
with me di um Architekten Roloff Ruffing + Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Peer review process residential development Friedrich-Mißler-Straße, Bremen
with H. Riemann Architekten GmbH, Lübeck

1st prize | „Fayat-Bomag-Academy", Kratzenburger Landstraße, Boppard
with GRAFT Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Berlin

1st prize | Hotel Bostalsee, Bostalsee
with GRAFT Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Berlin

2nd prize | Compensatory new building of parts of the Marie-Curie-School KGS Ronnenberg, Ronnenberg
with akyol kamps : bbp architekten bda GmbH, Hamburg

2nd prize | Comturey-Keller, Isle of Mainau
with Marte.Marte Architekten, Feldkirch (AT)

3rd prize | Federal Environment Agency - arrangement and conversion public office building Bismarckplatz, Berlin
with SAA Schweger Architekten, Hamburg

3rd prize | Central Bus Station, Hannover
with SEP ARCHITEKTEN Storch Ehlers Partner GbR, Hannover

3rd prize | Education Campus central station, Wien (AT)
with Martin Kohlbauer ZT GmbH, Wien (AT)

3rd prize | New Living at Ostviertel, Aachen
with Planungs GmbH, Hamburg and Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

3rd prize | Residential home Olympic Village, Innsbruck (AT)
with Marte.Marte Architekten, Feldkirch (AT)

4th prize | Lecture halls, library, dining hall - Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Greifswald
with tsj Architeken Tönies + Schroeter + Jansen Freie Architekten GmbH, Lübeck

4th prize | New building Surgical University Clinic 1. and 2. construction phase University Clinic, Heidelberg
with tsj Architeken Tönies + Schroeter + Jansen Freie Architekten GmbH, Lübeck

Acquisition | „Village meets Town“ designing the public space at the inner-city of Viernheim, Viernheim
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS 2010 (an excerpt)

1st prize | Pedestrian area Meidlinger Hauptstraße, Wien (AT)
with AXIS Ingenieurleistungen ZT GmbH, Wien (AT)

1st prize | Headquarters Hainan Airlines, Hainan (CN)
with gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg

1st prize | Project Weingartshofstraße, Linz (AT)

1st prize | Georg-Wilhelm-Höfe, Hamburg
with czerner göttsch architekten architektur + stadtplanung, Hamburg

1st prize | Open Space Concept Hansaterrassen, Wendenstraße, Hamburg
with blauraum architekten, Hamburg

1st prize | Park within the Überseepark, Bremen

1st prize | Community Centre Christuskirche, Düsseldorf
with H. Riemann Architekten GmbH, Lübeck

1st prize | KZ Memorial Mittelbau Dora setting design, Nordhausen

2nd prize | Conversion and new building of the Office of Justice (2. Phase), Herne
with SAA Schweger Architekten, Hamburg

2nd prize | Pedestrian area, Barsinghausen
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin

2nd prize | Young talent academy Liefering, Salzburg (AT)

2nd prize (2.Prizegroup) | RUB Ruhr-University-Bochum, Bochum
with Winking Froh Architekten BDA

3rd prize | Quarter development Celsiusweg / Stahltwiete, Hamburg
with Riemann Architekten, Lübeck

3rd prize (no 2. Prize) | Health Campus Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bochum
with Gerber Architekten, Dortmund

Recognition | Bergstraße - redevelopment area town centre, Worpswede

Recognition | Kleiner Tiergarten / Ottopark, Berlin
with Hans-Hermann Krafft, Berlin