As "department stores for ideas", Idea Stores help troubled areas in London become more attractive: With her study of the flagship of the culture-led regeneration in the United Kingdom in the 1990's, Cordelia Polinna, an urban planner from Berlin, became the first winner of the Bilfinger Berger Award in 2007.

In her analysis of the Idea Store in London's Tower Hamlets district, Cordelia Polinna traced the new paths being taken in urban development. Second prize went to Andrew Chew, a lawyer from Sydney. The theme of his study: Alliancing, an Australian contract model that avoids legal confrontations between client and contractor. Oxford researcher Georgina Santos received the third prize for her study on city tolls in London.

58 studies provided material for discussion for the symposium in Berlin

Experts from 17 countries submitted a total of 58 studies for the Bilfinger Berger Award competition. At the international symposium "Mobility, Creativity, Partnership. Impetus for the city of the future", experts discussed the results of the Bilfinger Berger Award on October 8, 2007 in Berlin. On the basis of all of the submissions received, Prognos developed a position paper which made concrete demands for sustainable urban development in Germany.

Publication from the "Bilfinger Berger Award 2007":
Töpfer, Klaus und Herbert Bodner (publishers): Ideenimport - Experten aus aller Welt geben Impulse (Idea Import - Experts from around the globe provide stimulus). Schäffer-Poeschel, Stuttgart 2007.