Pioneering Recognition & Benchmarking for the Global Coliving Sector
Conceived and strategically developed by Coliving Ventures, Coliving Awards was established to set the industry's premier standard of excellence. It is the first global platform dedicated to rigorously identifying and celebrating groundbreaking initiatives and forward-thinking pioneers in coliving. The awards provide crucial recognition, drive innovation, and set essential benchmarks for the sector, accelerating the professionalisation and growth of shared living worldwide.
About Coliving Awards
As the coliving industry evolves, Coliving Ventures identified the strategic need for a credible, global platform to drive innovation and set standards. Coliving Awards was developed to fill this gap. In partnership with key organisations, we celebrate pioneers, highlight disruptive solutions, and showcase state-of-the-art concepts. The awards programme rigorously evaluates achievements across key verticals including Sustainable Business Development, Operations & Community Management, Architecture, & Design. We specifically recognise the contributions of developers, investors, and operators, highlighting their work across diverse typologies such as urban, hybrid, student, nomad, rural, and senior coliving. By giving visibility to these bright minds and projects, we inspire future development and contribute to defining coliving as a disruptive, scalable, and thriving modern and community-driven living solution.
Our Impact
in Numbers
As a Coliving Ventures initiative, Coliving Awards has rapidly become a key benchmark, fostering innovation and acknowledging exceptional talent. Our growing traction reflects the industry's engagement and the venture's impact.:
Independent & Fully Transparent Programme
The Coliving Awards experience is designed for discovery, recognition, and connection. The journey begins with a transparent, rigorous judging process, meticulously uncovering groundbreaking concepts and companies from around the globe that are setting new benchmarks for shared living quality. This culminates in an engaging, high-profile awards ceremony where industry pioneers are celebrated and given essential visibility. Since 2023, the ceremony has been hosted as an integral part of the Coliving Conference program, strategically mixing participant and audience networks for unique cross-learning and collaboration opportunities. It's a powerful platform for showcasing excellence and witnessing the industry's best in action.
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Coliving Awards was developed to generate tangible value across the industry. Through its structure and event, it delivers key benefits.
Global Brand Visibility
Coliving Awards provides a global platform that elevates awarded projects and participating companies, positioning their innovation and leadership in front of industry leaders, investors, and media.
Powerful Industry Connections
The awards process and ceremony foster direct connections within a concentrated network of industry pioneers, investors, developers, and professionals actively shaping the future of shared living.
Setting Benchmarks & Inspiring Innovation
The awards celebrate the industry's highest standards, providing a platform to showcase best practices and disruptive concepts that inspire quality, drive progress, and contribute to the institutionalisation of coliving.
Strategic Partnership Opportunities
Coliving Awards offers distinct avenues for organisations to strategically engage with the industry's forefront through collaboration, providing direct access to key stakeholders and unparalleled visibility within the coliving ecosystem built by Coliving Ventures.
Become a Sponsor
Align your brand directly with excellence and innovation by sponsoring specific award categories, networking events, or elements of the annual ceremony. Sponsorship provides targeted high-level visibility to a concentrated audience of industry pioneers, developers, investors, and operators, positioning your organisation as a key supporter of driving quality and progress in coliving.
Strategic Partnership
Beyond traditional sponsorship, Coliving Awards offers strategic partnership opportunities for deeper alignment within the Coliving Ventures ecosystem. Engage in collaborative initiatives, contribute expertise (e.g. jury roles), and leverage the awards platform for broader market positioning and direct access to the core network shaping the future of shared living.
How can you participate at the upcoming awards?
Coliving Awards invites innovators, developers, operators, and designers across the shared living sector to participate. You can submit your groundbreaking projects for consideration, offering a platform to gain global recognition and contribute to setting industry benchmarks. Alternatively, join us at the annual awards ceremony to connect with peers, celebrate excellence, and witness the future of coliving unfold.
Strategic Partners
Coliving Ventures strategically identified the need to create a defining standard of excellence within the global coliving sector. Coliving Awards was conceived by Spatial Experience (Founding Partner) and developed by Coliving Ventures as the answer – a dedicated platform to rigorously identify, celebrate, and elevate the pioneers driving the industry forward. This venture serves as a direct manifestation of our commitment to building ecosystems that not only recognise talent but actively accelerate market maturity and innovation.
Provided the core vision, strategic direction, and business model framework essential for establishing and scaling Coliving Awards.
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Developed the brand identity and elevated the Awards' global visibility, crucial for launching and scaling the venture.
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Strategic Concept & Process Design
We defined the core vision for Coliving Awards, creating a transparent and fair programme structure and building a strong brand identity. The process was designed to focus on rigorously discovering and highlighting quality-driven projects, differentiating it within the industry landscape.
Iterative Format & Experience Development
The first online edition provided crucial validation and demonstrated significant global interest. We continuously evolve the event format year-on-year, enhancing engagement and creating a meaningful ceremony experience by bringing industry disruptors to the forefront.
Ongoing Category & Criteria Refinement
We strategically evaluate and refine award categories and criteria each year. This ensures the awards remain aligned with sector movements, accurately portray innovation, and capture the progress within the diverse shared living landscape.
Timeline
Venture Conception & Initial Design
Defining the core concept, branding, program criteria, and planning the initial digital infrastructure for the inaugural awards, formally initiating the venture's development phase.
Inaugural Online Edition Launch & Validation
Successful launch of the first global Coliving Awards delivered entirely online. This edition validated the core programme structure and generated significant international participation, including over 100 participating companies, proving the venture's viability.
Hybrid Format Development & Institutional Integration
This year marked the development and introduction of the hybrid event format. The first in-person ceremony was held, significantly enhancing attendee experience and networking opportunities. Strategically integrated into the WUF11 program in Katowice, Poland, this move was designed by Coliving Ventures to elevate the coliving sector's visibility among institutional and public stakeholders and highlight its role in addressing critical housing and living challenges.
Strategic Ecosystem Integration & Programme Scaling
The awards ceremony was strategically integrated as a core component of the Coliving Conference program, leveraging Coliving Ventures' established ecosystem to maximize audience reach and foster valuable cross-pollination of networks. This period also saw continuous development through significant expansion and refinement of award categories and criteria, ensuring the program accurately mirrors and captures the market's ongoing growth and diversification.
5th Anniversary & Global Leadership
Celebrating five years of setting benchmarks, showcasing achievements across continents, and cementing the awards' position as the leading global standard for coliving excellence – a testament to the venture's established impact and sustainability.