Auszeichnung für gute Bauten der Stadt Zürich is an architectural prize first established by the Zurich municipal authority together with local architects in 1945. The intent of this paper is to clarify the feature of arrangement of the award-winning housings and the role for the formation of cityscape. The conclusions in this study are as follows; 1) The transition of the municipal building regulations is significantly related to the feature of the site conditions and arrangement of the award-winning works. 2) By focusing on the composition of Haus, the features of the arrangement of housings have been clarified. 3) In recent years, the awarded housings have been evaluated in terms of not only the cityscape but also the architectural quality with habitability.
