Why Participate? Recognition, Visibility & Impact

The Coliving Awards is the first award programme dedicated to recognising innovation, excellence, and impact across the shared living sector.

By submitting your project, product, or initiative, you position your work at the intersection of visibility, peer and sector-wide recognition, and long-term industry relevance. Beyond celebrating outstanding achievement, the Coliving Awards contributes to shaping standards, highlighting emerging trends, and elevating the value of design, research, sustainable development and operation in coliving.
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Why participate in Coliving Awards?

The value of being part of the Coliving Awards

Participating in Coliving Awards offers a distinctive opportunity to enhance your brand's presence in the global coliving sector. By entering and competing, you can reach the following benefits:

Multi-channel Recognition

Finalists and Winners are featured across the Coliving Awards ecosystem, including our website, newsletter, social media channels, and partner networks.

Dedicated Project Page

Finalists and Winners get a profile page on our website highlighting your project or solution with visuals, description, and a direct backlink.

Official Certificate

All Finalists and Winners receive a professionally designed digital certificate recognising their achievement.

Entry into the Hall of Fame

Your work is archived and showcased alongside previous winners and finalists, accessible to anyone interested in coliving, be it future partners, clients, and industry peers.

Editorial Discount for Coliving Insights Showcase

Access a special rate to feature your work or thought leadership in Coliving Insights, our ecosystem’s dedicated business intelligence platform.

… and more!

As the first and only awards programme dedicated to coliving and shared living, we continue to build pathways for participants to engage with our growing ecosystem - opening the door to curated visibility, knowledge exchange, and lasting industry connections.

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Unique Handmade Trophies to Honour Your Achievements

Each Coliving Awards trophy is crafted as a design-led object, produced locally and hand assembled by a multi-generation artisan bronze foundry. Made from bronze, FSC-certified wood, and recyclable perspex, the trophy reflects our commitment to both aesthetics and sustainability.

What sets the Coliving Awards apart

Participating in Coliving Awards offers a distinctive opportunity to enhance your brand's presence in the global coliving sector. By entering and competing, you can reach the following benefits:

Independent, Expert-led Jury

Each category is reviewed by a Lead Jury Member with forward-thinking expertise in the field. Together, our jury represents the diversity and complexity of the shared living sector, from design, development and operations to investment, research and policy.

Transparent Evaluation Process

All submissions are evaluated based on clear, published criteria. A blinded scoring process ensures impartiality and consistency across categories.Read more about the evaluation process here.

Streamlined Application Portal

We’ve designed a user-friendly platform that simplifies the application process while maintaining a high level of professionalism and integrity.

Celebration at Coliving Conference

Winners are announced during the Coliving Awards Ceremony at the Coliving Conference - bringing together operators, developers, investors, designers, researchers, and decision-makers from across the globe.

testimonials

As one of the first companies operating the coliving buildings in Madrid, we wanted to participate in the Coliving Awards to help foster the coliving industry, to share some of our key practices and help inspire other coliving operators, to get to know where we stand in regards to other companies and to give visibility to our brand and community. After I shared the news that we were nominated in the User & Community Experience category, the full team was literally screaming.

Marta Torres
urban campus

The Coliving Awards Ceremony shows how the distinctive part of coliving projects is that there are so many possibilities. There is not one model or prototype that you must follow. It is adaptable to the needs of the local populations. As the urban living landscape changes, those involved in coliving are looking to change with it by finding new ways to live together. During the ceremony, I was able to speak with many people who have affordability, community, and accessibility at the forefront of their projects

Sofia Crespo
University Illinois Chicago

The event was absolutely insane! We met so many amazing coliving experts, gathered tons of valuable contacts, and got inspired by the whole community. Thanks again for organising such a great experience - we genuinely loved it!

Matas Malinauskas
HEY LENDY

As soon as we heard about the Coliving Awards we knew we wanted to take part in it. We think it’s a great initiative and a fantastic way to celebrate the growth of the coliving industry as well as to acknowledge a wide variety of inspiring projects that are sparking new ideas and approaches within the sector.

Rogier Hetterschij
international campus

The Coliving Awards truly brings together a global community that is reshaping how we think about shared living. Even from online, the inclusivity, energy and sense of connection were unmistakable, and after being a finalist for three consecutive years, winning the Academia Category this year was especially meaningful. Recognising and showcasing the sector’s newest ideas and initiatives is invaluable - and experiencing this innovation firsthand continues to inspire my own work in the coliving field.

Ekin Elinc
Antalya Bilim University

My experience with the Coliving Awards has always been outstanding. It’s truly the event where we get the most value each year. I’m very happy to have received this recognition from your organisation, and I’m excited to keep pushing so that together we can help Coliving Ventures grow stronger and expand its impact across the industry each year.

Michael Erd
Enso co-living

This was my second year attending, and I have to say, I absolutely love this event. What I love most about this conference is that it’s not just about industry updates or trends, it’s about the people. The moment I stepped into the awards, it truly felt like a party with friends. At least 20 familiar faces smiling back, that’s when I realized how far this community has come.

Adreea Rusu
Coloc housing
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 Find everything you need to take part in the upcoming edition — from categories and jury details to the ceremony and submission timeline.