Baukultur, a German concept encompassing the entire spectrum of built environment discourse, including architecture, urban design, policy, and community engagement, promotes a holistic design approach to a high-quality living environment. Internationalized as “High-Quality Baukultur” through the 2018 Davos Declaration, it aims to address widespread concerns regarding the built environment's declining quality and aesthetics across diverse contexts. This paper aims to extend the conceptual framework of Baukultur as a design method for the urban realm within the urban context of India. The core idea is to adopt the comparative analytical lens to examine the policy landscape and urban governance structure defining Baukultur in the German and Indian contexts. The paper seeks to explore Baukultur through the lens of aesthetics and quality and reveal the existing key opportunities and challenges for contextualizing Baukultur from the German to Indian urban contexts. The outcome of this conceptual paper will expand urban research in Baukultur, specifically in the Global South, and offer valuable insights to policymakers navigating the challenges and opportunities of integrating Baukultur as a guiding design method for future urban development. Additionally, it will enable further Global North research into operationalizing Baukultur beyond regional aesthetics but across cultural and societal contexts.