• Sowing the seeds for urban vitality

    Holcim Awards winning Wildgarten has now been completed in Vienna

    Read project update

  • Sounding Board Rotterdam

    This in-person event on June 19 will feature four incredible speakers to present cutting-edge ideas for sustainable construction.

    More info & Register

  • A new role for architectural design

    Nada Nafeh is re-thinking the role of architects, urban designers, and citizens in improvised settlements

    Research in Practice Grant update

  • Affordable Supra-Structures fill the gap in housing demand

    Alejandro Aravena at the Norman Foster Foundation’s Cities: Affordable Housing Workshop

    Read the workshop report

Holcim Awards 2023

The deadline for project authors to edit, finalize and submit their registered entries is April 6, 2023 at 14:00hrs UTC

Next steps in the competition

We are absolutely thrilled with the response we’ve received from our growing global community to the return of the Holcim Awards competition. Your enthusiastic participation has been truly inspiring and we cannot thank you enough!

A team of independent experts will pre-check all submitted entries in detail to ensure their validity before the independent expert juries evaluate them. The Holcim Foundation will contact teams that are nominated for a prize by August to complete a project verification process.

On November 18, 2023 we will announce the winners from all regions during the prestigious Venice Biennale of Architecture on November 18, 2023.

On a mission to accelerate the global movement for sustainable construction

Founded in 2003, the Holcim Foundation was one of the first organizations to define and promote the key principles of sustainability for the built environment. Today, we are more committed than ever to ensuring that leading-edge thinking and best practice solutions are placed in the hands of everyone.

About the Holcim Foundation

Watch a 2-minute video about the Holcim Foundation - a non-profit organization, dedicated to accelerating the global movement for sustainable architecture, design and construction.

Learn more about Who we are and how we are organized to achieve our Our Vision for a future built environment in which both people and planet can thrive.

How we support systems change

The Holcim Foundation aims to identify, discuss, and democratize the latest leading-edge thinking and best practice in sustainable construction from around the globe. We focus on three main objectives as an organization to achieve this mission:

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