Abstract
Auszeichnung guter Bauten in Kanton Basel-Stadt, Kanton Basel-Landschaft is an architectural prize established by the Basel municipal authority in 1980. The intent of this paper is to clarify the features of philosophy, policy, publicity, jury organization and award-winning works of the prize in the German-speaking part of Switzerland comparing the case of the Basel with the City of Zurich. For the features of philosophy and policy, the Basel prize is influenced by the City of Zurich. On the other hand, features of jury organization are different from the City of Zurich. In Basel the jury's profession is various such as art historian, engineer, critic and building user. This difference causes the building types of the award-winning works, including the technical buildings, infrastructural works and so on.
