Holcim Awards are now open for entries with a total prize pool of USD 1 million, a press release said Thursday.
The Holcim Foundation for sustainable construction conducts the global competition to reward and shed light on real-world examples in practice that can accelerate the global movement for sustainable design.
The Holcim Foundation is calling on architects, urban planners, and engineers to submit sustainable design and construction projects that lead the way in transforming the building sector. Submissions must be client-supported and have reached the detailed design phase.
The Holcim Awards 2023, offers total prize money of USD 1 million across five regions: Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East Africa, and North America. USD 200,000 per region will be shared between winners of a Holcim Awards Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Acknowledgement prizes in every region.
The juries will be chaired by Tatiana Bilbao, founder, Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO (for region Latin America), Craig Dykers, founding partner, Snøhetta (North America), Lesley Lokko, founder, African Futures Institute (Middle East Africa), Manit Rastogi, founding partner, Morphogenesis (Asia Pacific), and Belinda Tato, founding member, Ecosistema Urbano (Europe).
Submitting entries in the competition is free using a web-based form to provide information in English on the project design team, project summary, project sustainability profile including data points, as well as project images.
The competition is open for entries until March 30, 2023 at 14:00 hrs UTC.
Winners will be announced at a handover ceremony held on November 18, 2023 at the 18 th International Venice Biennale of Architecture: The Laboratory of the Future.
The Holcim Awards has recognized over 250 prize winners from 30,000 entries in 130 countries, with six international competition cycles spanning two decades.
