The Holcim Awards is an international competition that recognizes innovative projects and future-oriented concepts on regional and global levels. The competition is designed to encourage architects, planners, engineers and project owners to go beyond conventional notions of sustainable construction in their work and to harmonize ecological, social and economic concerns. Projects and concepts in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and related fields are eligible for entry in the competition.

The 3rd International Holcim Awards competition was open for registration July 1, 2010 until March 23, 2011. Submissions were evaluated by a series of five independent regional juries in June/July 2011.

More than 50 projects were honored with Holcim Awards, Acknowledgement or “Next Generation” prizes in September/November 2011 at ceremonies in Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Milan, Singapore and Washington DC.