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
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Extending the Cycle in Switzerland
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Awards Gold 2020–2021 Global -
Awards Gold 2020–2021 Europe
Extending the Cycle in Switzerland
Extending the Cycle in SwitzerlandA building repurposing and extension exemplifies how design processes can be turned upside-down in favor of circular construction.
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House as Garden in Illinois
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Awards Gold 2020–2021 North America
House as Garden in Illinois
House as Garden in IllinoisHouse as Garden originates from a collaboration with a non-profit organization, Blacks in Green, to transform a problematic neighborhood of Chicago into a new sustainable district – a “sustainable square mile”. The project comprises a residential complex including eight flexible housing units and several internal and external shared areas, including a guest bedroom, spaces for collective recreation and green areas for on-site agriculture. The provision of community spaces that serve different functions fosters a sense of shared empowerment by encouraging self-sustainment and collaboration between residents.
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Wetland Vitality in Colombia
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Awards Silver 2020–2021 Global -
Awards Gold 2020–2021 Latin America
Wetland Vitality in Colombia
Wetland Vitality in ColombiaA landscape design for the recovery of a wetland creates environmental and social sustainability.
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Growing Social Fabric in Palestine
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Awards Gold 2020–2021 Middle East Africa
Growing Social Fabric in Palestine
Growing Social Fabric in PalestineThis project is creating an environmental, social and cultural hub for the local community in the historic center of Kafr ‘Aqab, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem.
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Agrarian Enrichment in China
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Awards Gold 2020–2021 Asia Pacific
Agrarian Enrichment in China
Agrarian Enrichment in ChinaA project to preserve the traditional rural fabric of the Nanhe River valley and to promote its integration into a more sustainable urban and agricultural system.
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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: