WEZ in Bärnbach is recognized as the "World's Most Beautiful Shopping Mall Interiors" according to Prix Versailles – the World Architecture and Design Award at UNESCO.

The award is the only one in the area of multi-story residential construction in German-speaking countries.

BEHF Architects’ Gerhard Höllmüller , Project Director, presented the architectural guiding principles during an "on-stage seminar" held by Überbau Akademie. All those involved in the project reported on the challenges they had to meet.