Sustainability
Holcim Awards competition
The Holcim Awards is an international competition of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. The competition celebrates innovative, future-oriented and tangible sustainable construction projects and visions from around the globe.
3rd International Holcim Awards competition 2011/12
Leading sustainable construction projects from around the world are set to compete in the global phase of the Holcim Awards in 2012. Winners of the global prizes will share in USD 500,000 in prize money. Results will be announced in April 2012.
The projects that received Holcim Awards Gold, Silver, or Bronze in each of the five regions of the world are automatically qualified for the Global Holcim Awards 2012. The 15 Global Holcim Awards finalists include projects from Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Thailand, and the USA, and involve additional project teams from Austria, France, Spain and the UK. An overview of projects is available at:
Global Holcim Awards finalists 2012
In addition, all prize-winning projects at the regional level (including 38 Acknowledgement and “Next Generation” winners) will automatically compete for up to three Global Holcim Innovation prizes – which focus upon contributions to innovative building materials and construction technologies in the context of sustainable construction.
Each of the finalist teams is invited to prepare a more extensive submission that will be evaluated by the Global Holcim Awards jury headed by Enrique Norten, Principal and Founder of TEN Arquitectos (Mexico/USA), and the Holcim Innovation prize jury headed by Harry Gugger, Professor of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Profiles of jury members are available at:
Global Holcim Awards jury 2012
Holcim Innovation prize jury 2012
In the regional phase of the 3rd International Holcim Awards competition, a total of 53 leading-edge projects from 29 countries shared USD 1.5 million in prize money in 2011. Following an evaluation process by independent juries in five regions of the world, the winning projects and their design teams were celebrated by receiving Awards, Acknowledgement and “Next Generation” prizes at ceremonies in Milan, Washington, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, and Singapore.
3rd International Holcim Awards competition 2011/12
Leading sustainable construction projects from around the world are set to compete in the global phase of the Holcim Awards in 2012. Winners of the global prizes will share in USD 500,000 in prize money. Results will be announced in April 2012.
The projects that received Holcim Awards Gold, Silver, or Bronze in each of the five regions of the world are automatically qualified for the Global Holcim Awards 2012. The 15 Global Holcim Awards finalists include projects from Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Thailand, and the USA, and involve additional project teams from Austria, France, Spain and the UK. An overview of projects is available at:
Global Holcim Awards finalists 2012
In addition, all prize-winning projects at the regional level (including 38 Acknowledgement and “Next Generation” winners) will automatically compete for up to three Global Holcim Innovation prizes – which focus upon contributions to innovative building materials and construction technologies in the context of sustainable construction.
Each of the finalist teams is invited to prepare a more extensive submission that will be evaluated by the Global Holcim Awards jury headed by Enrique Norten, Principal and Founder of TEN Arquitectos (Mexico/USA), and the Holcim Innovation prize jury headed by Harry Gugger, Professor of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Profiles of jury members are available at:
Global Holcim Awards jury 2012
Holcim Innovation prize jury 2012
In the regional phase of the 3rd International Holcim Awards competition, a total of 53 leading-edge projects from 29 countries shared USD 1.5 million in prize money in 2011. Following an evaluation process by independent juries in five regions of the world, the winning projects and their design teams were celebrated by receiving Awards, Acknowledgement and “Next Generation” prizes at ceremonies in Milan, Washington, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, and Singapore.
Measuring up to "target issues" for sustainable construction
Pictured above: Celebrating the Holcim Awards Bronze 2011 North America presentation for "Energy and water efficient border control station, Van Buren, Maine, USA" (l-r): Julie Snow and Matthew Kreilich, Julie Snow Architects, Minneapolis, USA.
Measuring up to "target issues" for sustainable construction
Submissions in both categories are evaluated by independent juries, using five “target issues” to define sustainable construction. Three of these align with the triple bottom line concept of balanced social, environmental and economic performance. The rest cover contextual and aesthetic impact, and innovation and transferability. For further details see:
“target issues” for sustainable construction
Support by world-renowned technical universities
The Holcim Awards competitions are conducted in partnership with some of the world’s leading technical universities. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) leads the Technical Competence Center of the Holcim Foundation. Other partner universities which host the independent competition juries are: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA; the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) in Mexico City, Mexico; l’École Supérieure d’Architecture de Casablanca (EAC) in Morocco, and Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay) in Mumbai, India. Tongji University (TJU) in Shanghai, China, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa are associated universities of the Holcim Foundation.
Banner image: Winner of the Holcim Awards Bronze 2011 North America - Energy and water efficient border control station, Van Buren, Maine, USA
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