As the winner of the 2018 “Excellent Landmark” award in the “Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” competition, we were invited to Düsseldorf for the award winners’ reception. The award winners were welcomed there by Ina Scharrenberg, Minister for Home Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Building and Equality of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Thomas Buschman, Chairman of Deutsche Bank AG and Ute E. Weiland from the Land of Ideas Award.

“My congratulations go to the eleven award winners from North Rhine-Westphalia, who are bringing people together with their projects. They are taking new and innovative paths to strengthen social cohesion. With their ideas, they make our state an excellent place in many respects – we can be proud of that.” – Ina Scharrenberg, Minister for Home Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Building and Equality of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Containerwerk – Zukunft wohnt im Kubus project is one of the 100 innovative award winners in the 2018 “Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” competition. In keeping with the annual motto “Connecting worlds – strengthening cohesion,” the project shows how the joy of experimentation, curiosity and courage to rethink can give rise to forward-looking innovations in the field of construction. The initiative “Germany – Land of Ideas” and Deutsche Bank have jointly organized the innovation competition for 13 years. An independent jury selected Containerwerk – Zukunft wohnt im Kubus from almost 1,500 entries submitted.