2026 Prize
Call for nominations
Nominations for the 2026 Prize now open! Apply now to assess your city’s potential, showcase its brilliance, and be among a global community of innovators.

Interview with Joyce van den Berg
How is your city’s soil life doing?
Joyce van den Berg, the Chief Landscape Architect of the City of Amsterdam believes soil life is a prerequisite for urban life. She wants you to look closer at the health of our soil beneath and how we coordinate our underground spaces for a more systemic approach to orchestrating change in cities.


Interview with Joyce van den Berg
How is your city’s soil life doing?
Joyce van den Berg, the Chief Landscape Architect of the City of Amsterdam believes soil life is a prerequisite for urban life. She wants you to look closer at the health of our soil beneath and how we coordinate our underground spaces for a more systemic approach to orchestrating change in cities.

Interview with Joyce van den Berg
How is your city’s soil life doing?
Joyce van den Berg, the Chief Landscape Architect of the City of Amsterdam believes soil life is a prerequisite for urban life. She wants you to look closer at the health of our soil beneath and how we coordinate our underground spaces for a more systemic approach to orchestrating change in cities.
Interview with CEO David Green
Cape Town's V&A Waterfront success
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