Storytelling is a powerful medium

For Rama, Pristina’s transformation is about creating a city that empowers people.

Përparim Rama sees the role of mayor as city-making at full scale.

Board of Trustees of the Holcim Foundation (l-r): Carmen Diaz, Miljan Gutovic, Signe Kongebro, James Cameron (Chair), Alice Charles, and Thure Krarup.

The 2025 Emerging ChangeMaker cohort united around the challenge of planning for multiple futures.

Laura Viscovich, Executive Director, Holcim Foundation; North America Jury Chair Jeanne Gang, Founding Partner, Studio Gang, USA; Members of the Grand Prize winning team for North America for Moakley Park in USA - Stoss Landscape Urbanism; Priya Pawar, Awards Program Manager, Holcim Foundation.

Laura Viscovich, Executive Director, Holcim Foundation; Middle East & Africa Jury Chair Lina Ghotmeh, Founder & Principal, Lina Ghotmeh – Architecture, France; Members of the Grand Prize winning team for Middle East & Africa for Qalandiya: the Green Historic Maze in the Palestinian Territories - Riwaq - Centre for Architectural Conservation; Priya Pawar, Awards Program Manager, Holcim Foundation.

Laura Viscovich, Executive Director, Holcim Foundation; Latin America Jury Chair Sandra Barclay, Principal, Barclay & Crousse Architecture, Peru; Members of the Grand Prize winning team for Latin America for Schools for Flood-Prone Areas in Brazil - Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados and sauermartins; Priya Pawar, Awards Program Manager, Holcim Foundation

Laura Viscovich, Executive Director, Holcim Foundation; Europe Jury Chair Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Founding Partner Snøhetta, Norway; Members of the Grand Prize winning team for Europe Art-Tek Tulltorja in Kosovo, Rafi Segal A+U Office of Urban Drafters, ORG Permanent Modernity and Studio Rev; Priya Pawar, Awards Program Manager, Holcim Foundation.

Laura Viscovich, Executive Director, Holcim Foundation; APAC Jury Member Theresa Yeung, Managing Principal & East Asia Board Member, Arup, Hong Kong; Members of the Grand Prize winning team for Asia Pacific for Old Dhaka Central Jail Conservation in Bangladesh, FORM.3 architects; Priya Pawar, Awards Program Manager, Holcim Foundation.

The five Grand Prize winners were celebrated alongside 15 Holcim Foundation Awards regional winners celebrating groundbreaking sustainable design projects across Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and North America.

Origin: The Reunion with the Lost Gardens - Medellín, Colombia | CONNATURAL

Brookside Secondary School - Asaba, Nigeria | STUDIO CONTRA

Portland International Airport Main Terminal - Portland, OR, United States | ZGF

Moakley Park - Boston, MA, United States | STOSS LANDSCAPE URBANISM

Lawson Centre for Sustainability - Toronto, ON, Canada | MECANOO ARCHITECTEN

Buffalo Crossing Visitor Centre - Winnipeg, MB, Canada | STANTEC ARCHITECTURE

Zando Central Market - Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | THINK TANK ARCHITECTURE

Qalandiya: The Green Historic Maze - Qalandiya, Palestinian Territory | RIWAQ – CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION

Schools for Flood-Prone Areas - Porto Alegre, Brazil | ANDRADE MORETTIN ARQUITETOS ASSOCIADOS, SAUERMARTINS

Barrio Chacarita Alta Housing - Asunción, Paraguay | MOS ARCHITECTS & ADAMO FAIDEN

The Southern River Parks - Madrid, Spain | ALDAYJOVER ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE

The Crafts College - Herning, Denmark | DORTE MANDRUP

School in Gaüses - Girona, Spain | TED'A ARQUITECTES

Art-Tek Tulltorja - Pristina, Kosovo | RAFI SEGAL A+U, OFFICE OF URBAN DRAFTERS, ORG PERMANENT MODERNITY, STUDIO REV

Pingshan River Blueway Landscape - Shenzhen, China | SASAKI ASSOCIATES

Old Dhaka Central Jail Conservation - Dhaka, Bangladesh | FORM.3 ARCHITECTS

Healing Through Design - Bengaluru, India | THE AGAMI PROJECT / A THRESHOLD

Gelephu Mindfulness City - Gelephu, Bhutan | BIG – BJARKE INGELS GROUP

Members of the Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 jury for Latin America (l-r): Gustavo Utrabo, Loreto Lyon, Ricardo Pérez Schulz, Loreta Castro Reguera, Sandra Barclay (Chair of Jury), Federico Torres and Jorge Pérez-Jaramillo.

Members of the Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 jury for Middle East & Africa (l-r): Driss Kettani, Christian Benimana, Tosin Oshinowo, May al-Ibrashy, Christophe Levy and Albert Williamson-Taylor. Not pictured: Lina Ghotmeh.