5^th Awards Cycle: 2017-2018

Global LafargeHolcim Awards 2018 winners at the handover event in Mexico City (l-r): Bronze – Eric Mahoney and Constance Bodurow, studio[Ci], USA; Gold – Loreta Castro, Taller Capital and Manuel Perló, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico; and Silver – Mariam Kamara, Atelier Masomi, Niger and Yasaman Esmaili, Studio Chahar, Iran.

The 5th International LafargeHolcim Awards attracted more than 5,000 projects and visions in sustainable construction to be implemented in 131 countries. 1,836 projects passed the formal and quality checks and were assessed by independent juries in five regions of the world.

The prizes in the global phase of the competition were conferred in the second half of 2018. The jury of experts met in Zurich, Switzerland, in March 2018 and nominated the recipients of Global Awards Gold, Silver, and Bronze as well as three Global Ideas prizes.

In the regional phase of the competition in 2017, a total of 55 Awards, Acknowledgement and Next Generation prizes (11 per region) were handed-over to the winning teams at five ceremonies. The three main winners in each region automatically qualified for the global competition.

Read more about the global and regional winners, their projects and juries:

Global LafargeHolcim Awards 2018
Ceremony in Mexico City, Mexico

Regional LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 Europe
Ceremony in Marseille, France

Regional LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 North America
Ceremony in Chicago, USA

Regional LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 Latin America
Ceremony in San José, Costa Rica

Regional LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 Middle East Africa
Ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya

Regional LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 Asia Pacific
Ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Next Generation Lab
Workshops for 50 young architects and engineers including the Next Generation prize-winning teams from 25 countries in Mexico City, Mexico