Encouraging innovative approaches to sustainable construction

Book announcement - Machen! – Die Deutschen Gewinner der Holcim Awards 2011/2012
Special Holcim Awards publication featuring winning projects by German architects, planners and engineers launched at an event with presentations by project authors including (pictured) Frank Barkow, Barkow Leibinger Architects based in Berlin.

Hubert Klumpner: “An educational example”
Project co-author Hubert Klumpner explains that the multifunctional community center in the Paraisópolis favela of São Paulo demonstrates a leading approach to ecological, social and economic sustainability that is interesting in terms of the interplay between each objective.

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Global Holcim Awards 2012
Integrated solutions in Burkina Faso, Brazil and Germany win top awards in sustainable construction. Innovation prizes to projects in Switzerland, Germany and the UK for materials and technology breakthroughs.

The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction promotes sustainable responses to the technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues affecting building and construction at the national, regional and global levels. To encourage innovative approaches to sustainable construction, the foundation conducts activities including: Holcim Awards competition, Holcim Forum symposium, Holcim Grants seed funding for building initiatives and grants for research projects.

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