Entries are assessed by a panel of international judges and an award of £10,000 is presented to the two winning projects at the annual UN-HABITAT global celebration of World Habitat Day on the first Monday of October.
| Year | Project | Recipient | Country |
| 2008 | Preventing Typhoon Damage to Housing | Development Workshop France | Vietnam |
| 2008 | Community Land Trust Innovation | Champlain Housing Trust | United States of America |
| 2007 | Ecomaterials in Social Housing Projects | CIDEM Research and Development Institute | Cuba |
| 2007 | ZukunftsWerkStadt Leinefelde | Municipality of Leinefelde-Worbis | Germany |
| 2006 | Building and Construction Improvement Programme | Aga Khan Planning and Building Services | Pakistan |
| 2006 | Johannesburg Housing Company | Johannesburg Housing Company | South Africa |
| 2005 | Energy Efficient Straw-bale Housing Project | Adventist Development and Relief Agency/One World Design Architecture | China |
| 2005 | Solar Housing Renovation Project in Gårdsten | Solar Housing Renovation Project in Gårdsten | Sweden |
| 2004 | La Paz Post-earthquake Reconstruction Programme | FUNDASAL | El Salvador |
| 2004 | The Eldonian Village, Liverpool | Eldonian Community Based Housing Association | United Kingdom |
| 2003 | Rural Health and Environment Programme, Orissa | Gram Vikas | India |
| 2003 | The Prince George, New York | Common Ground Community | United States of America |
| 2002 | Architect in the Community Programme | National Housing Institute/Habitat Cuba | Cuba |
| 2002 | Setagaya-Ku Fukasawa Symbiotic Housing, Tokyo | Fukasawa Symbiotic Housing Complex | Japan |
| 2001 | Orangi Low-cost Housing and Sanitation Programme, Karachi | Orangi Pilot Project - Research and Training Institute | Pakistan |
| 2001 | East Lake Commons Conservation Community, Atlanta | East Lake Commons Project | United States of America |
| 2000 | New Living Program, Perth | Department of Housing and Works, Australia | Australia |
| 2000 | Chagas 2000 | Fundación Pro Habitat | Bolivia |
| 1999 | Promotion of Woodless Construction in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger | Development Workshop | Niger |
| 1999 | The Grow Home, Montreal | McGill University School of Architecture | Canada |
| 1998 | Wintringham Port Melbourne Hostel, Melbourne | Wintringham Port Melbourne Hostel | Australia |
| 1998 | The Grameen Bank Housing Programme | Grameen Bank | Bangladesh |
| 1997 | Urban Management in Curitiba - Building Full Citizenship | Curitiba Popular Housing Company/Institute of Research and Urban Planning | Brazil |
| 1997 | The Europahaus Project, Langenhagen | Jacobson & Widmark/Nyréns/Mjöbäcks | Germany |
| 1996 | Tatry and Arbour Mill Non-profit Housing Project, Toronto | Pathway Non-Profit Housing Corporation | Canada |
| 1996 | Viviendas del Hogar de Cristo, Guayaquil | Viviendas del Hogar de Cristo | Ecuador |
| 1995 | Build Together Programme | National Habitat Committee | Namibia |
| 1995 | Tent City, Boston | Tent City Corporation | United States of America |
| 1994 | Skotteparken Low-energy Housing Project, Ballerup | KAB | Denmark |
| 1994 | Indore Habitat Project See Slum Networking | Department for International Development | India |
| 1993 | Ju'er Hutong Courtyard Housing Project, Beijing | Wu Liangyong of Tsinghua University | China |
| 1993 | Housing Cooperative Ludwig-Frank, Mannheim | Housing Cooperative Ludwig-Frank | Germany |
| 1992 | The Kampung Improvement Programme, Surabaya | Tenth of November Institute of Technology | Indonesia |
| 1992 | Tampines Town | Housing and Development Board | Singapore |
| 1991 | Attic Flats Project | Attic Flats Project | Czech Republic |
| 1991 | The Core Shelter Housing Project | Department of Social Welfare and Development | Philippines |
| 1991 | The Frank G. Mar Community Housing Project, Oakland | East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation/Bridge Housing Corporation of San Francisco | United States of America |
| 1990 | National Housing Programme, 1986-90 | National Housing Programme of Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
| 1990 | Reconstruction of Hiroshima City and the Danbara Redevelopment Project | Reconstruction of Hiroshima City and the Danbara Redevelopment Project | Japan |
| 1989 | Ismailia Development Projects | Culpin Planning Ltd. | Egypt |
| 1989 | Industrial Habitat Project, Givisiez | Industrial Habitat Project | Switzerland |
| 1988 | One Million House Programme | One Million House Programme | Sri Lanka |
| 1988 | St Vincent de Paul Village, San Diego | St Vincent de Paul Village | United States of America |
| 1987 | Rural Housing Programme | United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Human Settlements Programme | Malawi |
| 1987 | Walter Segal Self-build Housing Project, London | Walter Segal Self Build Trust | United Kingdom |
| 1986 | Sonatala Milan Sangha, West Bengal | Sonatala Milan Sangha | India |
| 1986 | Batikent Project, Ankara | Batikent Project | Turkey |
