Fourth Holcim Foundation Awards
The fourth cycle of Holcim Awards offering a total of US$2 million (Bt62.31 million) in prize money is now open for entries, seeking leading projects from industry professionals and ideas from the young people that contribute to sustainability within arch
The Holcim Awards (main category) is open to architects, planners, engineers, project owners, builders and construction firms that showcase sustainable responses to technological, environmental, socio-economic and cultural issues with contemporary building and construction. Projects must have reached an advanced stage of design, have a high probability of execution, and must not have started construction before July 1, 2013. Students’ projects are welcomed, but all authors must be aged between 18 and 30 years of age: (date of birth between July 2, 1982 and March 24, 1996).
Organised by the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction the competition is conducted in parallel in five regions of the world in 2013/14 followed by a global phase in 2015. Regional winners will be announced at Holcim Awards ceremonies in late 2014 in Moscow (for European entries), Toronto (North America), Medellin (Latin America), Beirut (Africa and Middle East) and Jakarta (Asia-Pacific).
The Holcim Awards is conducted in partnership with some of the world’s leading technical universities hosting the jury meetings. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich leads the Technical Competence Centre of the Holcim Foundation. Other partner universities include Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US; Tongji University in China; University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa; Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico; Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay; American University of Beirut in Lebanon; Tsinghua University in China; and the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Entries must be submitted online at www.holcimawards.org by March 24, 2014.
