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"Re-inventing Construction"
Re-inventing Construction features 38 internationally renowned architects, engineers and scholars. Inspired by Holcim Forum 2010 the 440-page book proposes how sustainability must be embedded in the way that the built environment is designed, constructed, used and recycled.
(ISBN 978-3-9813436-2-5)

"Re-inventing construction" - Holcim Forum 2010 in Mexico City
Rethinking the way we build was the central focus of the 3rd International Holcim Forum for 270 specialists from 39 countries. This new publication provides an overview of some of the great challenges to reorient construction economically, ecologically, and socially.
(ISBN 978-3-7266-0090-7)

"Re-inventing construction" (online flip-book)

"Re-inventing construction" (PDF, 18.2MB)

Urban Transformation
More than 50 distinguished architects, urban planners, politicians, and artists around the globe present their visions of emerging urban conditions in this 400 page opus, which was inspired by the topic of the Holcim Forum 2007 in Shanghai: Urban_Trans_Formation. The book was published by Ruby Press, Berlin in 2008.
(ISBN 987-3-00-024878-8)

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"Urban_Trans_Formation" - Holcim Forum 2007 in Shanghai

This publication provides a useful "generalist" overview on the Holcim Forum 2007, held in Shanghai, China. It targets a broad audience, as a means of raising awareness in terms of the topic of urban transformation. It contains information on speakers, themes, workshops and participants, as well as general information on the activities of the 2-day event.
[ISBN 3 7266 0080 8]

Urban_Trans_Formation (PDF, 5.9MB)

"First Forum" - First Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction

Summary of the Holcim Forum, dedicated to the topic of "Basic Needs" relevant to sustainable construction, held at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, on September 16/17, 2004.