Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction
Awarded forProjects and visions in sustainable construction
CountryInternational
Presented byHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
Reward(s)Total USD 1 million
First awarded2005
Websiteholcimfoundation.org/awards

The Holcim Awards is an international competition that seeks projects and visionary concepts in sustainable construction – irrespective of scale. A total of USD $1 million in prize money is awarded in each two-year cycle.[1] Eligible for entry are projects in: buildings and civil engineering works; landscape, urban design and infrastructure; and materials, products and construction technologies. The Holcim Awards is conducted by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction based in Zurich, Switzerland.[2] Entries can only be made online.[3]

The competition was known as the Holcim Awards from 2003. Holcim Ltd and Lafarge S.A. completed their global merger and launched LafargeHolcim in July 2015. The name of the foundation was changed to LafargeHolcim Foundation, and the competition became the LafargeHolcim Awards.[4] Once the group dropped Lafarge from its name, the Foundation also adopted the new naming.

  1. ^ "Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Holcim Foundation". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  3. ^ "The 4th Edition of the Holcim Awards Now Open for Entries". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  4. ^ "The initiatives of the LafargeHolcim Foundation". LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. LafargeHolcim Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.