The prime objective of the Award is to encourage and appreciate the creative and innovative thinking put in by the professionals to make our cities sustainable and more livable.  The five categories as approved by HUDCO Board for the HUDCO Design Awards are as follows:           

• Cost Effective Rural / Urban Housing deploying Innovative / Emerging and Disaster Resistant technologies
• New and Innovative Town Design Solutions / Eco-cities
• Conservation of Heritage
• Green Buildings
• Landscape Planning and Design

The first HUDCO Design Awards competition was launched on World Habitat Day 2012. Since then, every year the event had been successfully hosted and organized. HUDCO Design Awards as a design competition event has received positive response and appreciation from the practicing professionals in the urban development sector and has contributed to the brand building image of HUDCO.