Awards 2025
Holcim Foundation Awards 2025
The world’s most significant competition for sustainable design
Entries closed – February 18, 2025
The competition is aimed at building, landscape, and infrastructure projects. The Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 was open for registration from October 1, 2024 until February 11, 2025, submissions then closed on Feburary 18, 2025. To be eligible for entry in the Holcim Foundation Awards competition, projects must be client-supported and at late design phase or already under construction, provided construction was not completed before February 11, 2025.
Winners of the 2025 competition will be announced in October 2025, and celebrated at the Awards Ceremony on November 20, 2025, in Venice, Italy.
Latest news on the Awards and previous winners
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Awards
Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 Jury Meetings Conclude in Medellín
Jury of independent experts selects prize-winning projects for region Latin America
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Awards 2025
Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 Jury Meetings Continue in Chicago
Jury of independent experts selects prize-winning projects for region North America
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Awards
Marrakesh hosts Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 jury for Middle East & Africa
Jury of leading professionals selects prize-winning projects for Middle East & Africa in Marrakesh
Constructive Conversations
A short-interview series by the Holcim Foundation featuring thought leaders from its global network of experts, exploring key ideas in sustainable design and construction.
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“Build for biodiversity — and people will thrive too.”
Johanna Gibbons, landscape architect and Founding Partner of J&L Gibbons, shares why we must design cities that support both human and non-human life.
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“Good aesthetics are sustainable — there’s no contradiction.”
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, architect and Founding Partner of Snøhetta, explains why beauty and sustainability must go hand in hand.
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“India has a deep-rooted culture of reuse — even demolition creates value.”
Architect Shimul Javeri Kadri shares how India’s long-standing culture of reuse is being disrupted by urban growth and throwaway materials.
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“Bringing nature into cities isn’t new — it’s a tradition we need to reclaim.”
Architect Ma Yansong shares how nature has long shaped life in Asian cities—from classical Chinese and Japanese gardens to the integration of mountains, rivers, and architecture in urban planning.