3rd International Holcim Awards competitions

Result

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Overview

Entries are now open in the USD 2 million competition for projects and visions of sustainability in building and civil engineering works; landscape, urban design and infrastructure projects; and materials, products and construction technologies.

Category Award / Open to Students / Competition Result
Type International, Award, Open
Genre Sustainability
Country Switzerland
RegDeadline 23 March 2011 GoogleCal iCal
23 March 2011 (via Online)
Eligibility All
Target Field Projects are eligible for the competition if they have reached an advanced stage of design and construction (or commercial production in the case of materials, products and construction technologies) had not started before July 1, 2010.

Holcim Awards (main) and “Next Generation” (student) categories
The main category of the competition is open to architects, planners, engineers, project owners, builders and construction firms that showcase sustainable responses to technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues with contemporary building and construction. Projects are eligible for the competition if they have reached an advanced stage of design. Construction (or commercial production in the case of materials, products and construction technologies) must not have started before July 1, 2010. In addition, the Holcim Awards seeks visions and ideas for the “Next Generation” category, open to student projects created within university programs at final year bachelor level or above (including master’s and PhD).

Jury
See "July section" in official website

Prize
USD 2 million total

Entry Fee
None

Timetable
Regional Holcim Awards
- Meetings of regional juries: June/July, 2011
Global Holcim Awards
- Meeting of global jury: March, 2012
- Global Holcim Awards hand-over events from May, 2012

Links
Past winners

Organizer
Holcim Foundation and partner universities

Official Website
http://www.holcimfoundation.org/awards.html