In 2019, Ersen Gursel has won of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture.

Global Award For Sustainable Architecture was founded in 2006 by the architect and professor Jana Revedin. The Global Award Community, which consists of the 60 contemporary architects from around the globe who have received the award, works toward a sustainable architectural ethic and fosters research, experimentation and transmission in the field of sustainable architecture, urban renewal and academic and social responsibility.

It defines architecture as an agent of empowerment, self-development and civic rights. The Global Award is run by the Cite de l’architecture & du patrimoine Paris and is under the patronage of UNESCO.