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In 2008, the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction conducted the USD 1.35 million regional phase of the 2nd Holcim Awards competition. Almost 5,000 projects from authors in 90 countries were submitted in the competition which aims to promote sustainable responses from the building and construction industry to technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues.
Click on the links below for results, information on the winning projects, and images of the projects and ceremony from each of the regional Holcim Awards 2008 ceremonies:
 Europe
September 25/26, 2008 – Madrid
North America
October 16/17, 2008 – Montreal
Latin America
October 23/24, 2008 – Mexico City
Africa Middle East
November 15/16 – Marrakech
Asia Pacific
November 27/28 – New Delhi
The 15 winners of the gold, silver and bronze prize in each of the five regions automatically qualified for the global phase of the competition where a total of USD 650,000 in additional prize money was on offer. The global jury assessed eligible projects from Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Hungary, India, Morocco, Slovenia, Switzerland, UAE, Uganda, USA, and Vietnam, and involving additional project teams from Japan and Spain. Results of the Global Holcim Awards 2009 were announced in May 2009:
Global Holcim Awards 2009
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