Awards History
Awards 2014–2015: Cycle Summary
Contributing to the evolution of sustainable construction
The 4th Holcim Awards 2014-15 competition cycle’s winning submissions represent the largest and most geographically-diverse set of sustainable construction projects and visions in the history of the competition. They illustrate increasingly sophisticated approaches that offer the possibilities of architectural aesthetics and “green building” as well as enabling social agency.
59
prize-winning projects
6,000
competition entries
152
countries represented
All three Global Holcim Awards 2015 prize winning projects are architectural interventions that deliver tangible benefits to local communities: Turning a decommissioned water reservoir into a park in Medellín, rebuilding social fabric through a community library in Ambepussa following Sri Lanka’s civil war, and creating public zones and flood-protection for the island of Manhattan.
The Holcim Awards has raised the standard and the quality of how professionals deal with sustainability.” Alejandro Aravena
Comments by the jury - Global Holcim Awards Gold 2015
Jury members, Mohsen Mostafavi, Alejandro Aravena and Marc Angélil comment on a project for a public park in Medellín, Colombia that combines architectural ideas and urban development across multiple scales.
There seems to be a deliberate departure from signature architecture which has dominated architectural press and graduate exhibitions for decades. Instead, there is a growing awareness of social issues and the way architecture can be used to reinforce community and increase the resilience of what look like increasingly fragile cities.
Media releases
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Media release
Sustainable design improving communities
Top prizes for public space, social integration and resilient infrastructure
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Book launch
Showcasing a new horizon of sustainable architecture and design
The largest and most geographically diverse array of projects in the history of the competition