Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction
The world’s most significant competition for sustainable design - showcasing projects that contribute to the transformation of the building sector.
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Supercharging the best projects in sustainable design and construction
The Holcim Awards competitions were created to recognise and promote projects that combine sustainable design and sustainable construction with architectural excellence.
With close to 30,000 entries received from 130 countries over the past two decades, the reach of the Holcim Awards is truly global. More importantly, the impact for the authors of the over 250 projects recognised to date is significant. From legitimacy to support project realisation on the ground to peer recognition at a global scale, the Holcim Awards play a key role in accelerating the best ideas and solutions for a more sustainable built environment.
Holcim Awards Gold winners from 2021
Sustainability is of paramount importance in construction. In view of climate change and diminishing resources, we need fresh approaches along the entire value chain of the construction industry as the building sector moves toward net-zero emissions and circular material flows. The winners of the Holcim Awards 2021-2022 showcase the cutting edge of approaches to sustainable design, green architecture, and materials innovation.
A chronology of sustainable construction
The reach of the Holcim Awards competition is truly global. More importantly, the impact for the authors of the over 250 projects recognised to date is significant. From legitimacy to support project realization on the ground to peer recognition at a global scale, the Holcim Awards play a key role in accelerating the best ideas and solutions for a more sustainable built environment.
Holcim Awards 2019/2020: From circular material flows to environmental recovery
Over the years we have seen the themes of winning projects evolve, with architects, engineers and urbanists increasingly focussed on projects that seek to minimize resource use, optimise circular design, restore ecosystems, and enhance local community life.
Use the map below to explore the regional themes addressed by our most recent Holcim Awards winners: