Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

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Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

3rd International Holcim Forum to focus on “Re-Inventing Construction”
Zurich / Switzerland - December 15, 2009 - Experts from all continents will meet in Mexico City at the 3rd International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction in April 2010. The conference for academics and professionals from architecture, civil engineering, urban planning, natural and social sciences will advance concepts on how construction needs to be re-invented and aligned with principles of sustainable development.

Foundations 10 - the magazine of the Holcim Foundation
The latest issue of Foundations has a new layout and is now distributed as an online magazine. It features an overview of the Global Holcim Awards hand-over events in Fez, Ho Chi Minh City, Beijing and San Francisco and an interview with building materials expert Hansjürg Leibundgut who explains where “sustainable construction” is heading.

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Green factory in Sri Lanka – Book announcement
November 23, 2009 – The Holcim Foundation has published MAS Intimates Thurulie – Clothing factory in Sri Lanka – adding another example of sustainable architecture to its series of monographs. The book explains how within 13 months MAS Intimates created a building that respects the balance between environmental, social, and economic performance whilst also providing a functionally, culturally, and aesthetically appropriate response to its unique setting.

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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