The Abu Dhabi-based developer Miral won Best Existing Retail Project for its Welcome Pavilion & Cascade Dining project at the Cityscape Emerging Markets Awards, held at the Conrad Hotel in Dubai. Internationally, projects from developers and designers from Oman and Qatar won several awards.

Asia took home eight of the 13 awards for projects in Hong Kong and China, with design firm IDEAS taking home the top prize. Asia took home eight of the 13 awards at the ceremony for existing and under-construction projects in Hong Kong and China, with design firm IDEAS winning five awards in the categories of Best Future Mixed-Use Project, Best Future and Existing Commercial Project, Best Future Tourism and Recreation Project and Best Future Retail Project.

Asia took home eight of the 13 awards at the ceremony. The number of entries in the Sustainable Projects category was increased to four, with the final award going to Ronald Low and Partners and the Department of Tourism and Cultural Services for their collaboration on the new Ko Shan Theater Pavilion project in Hong Kong.

This year's awards focused on the theme of “sustainability”, which has become a hot topic for developers and designers as many projects have achieved high levels of environmental, economic, social and cultural responsibility.“

Milkan said. Milcan Gursel Tabanlioglu, partner and designer at Tabanlioglu Architects, winners of the Best Residential Project Award for their Kent Istinye project in Istanbul, said that this is the 12th year that his company has participated in Cityscape Global and was able to win many awards in previous editions.