• The Architect's Blues: Barcelona 2026

    At the UIA World Congress, our Executive Director and Fellow Jacob Meyers discuss economic uncertainty, decarbonisation, and a possible return to public sector practice.

    UIA 2026 Barcelona Rethinking City Hall

  • Hamburg Builds with Water

    Europe's largest inner-city development project raised its streets eight metres above sea level. Three voices on turning flood risk into a 40 percent expansion of Hamburg's centre.

    Hamburg Builds with Water

  • CityMakers Voices: Sofian Sibarani

    From the Holcim Foundation Forum in Venice, the master planner behind Nusantara on reforesting a disturbed landscape and designing a capital that learns from Jakarta's mistakes.

    Citymakers Voices Sofian Sibarani

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  • CityMakers Voices No.4 — Sofian Sibarani

    In conversation with journalist Nolan Giles in Venice, Sofian Sibarani makes the case for nature-led urban design and the vernacular wisdom behind Indonesia's new capital.

  • Hamburg Builds with Water

    Speicherstadt's red-brick warehouses and iron bridges in Hamburg, part of the historic port district.

  • Sofian Sibarani, Founder, URBAN + | CityMakers Voices No.4

    What does it take to master plan a brand-new capital for the world's fourth-most populous nation?

  • World Congress of Architects UIA 2026 Barcelona

    Fireside Chat: Engaging Youth! (l-r) Laura Viscovich, Executive Director, Holcim Foundation; Jacob Meyers, Holcim Foundation Fellow & Emerging ChangeMaker

  • How Hamburg is Building With Water | Future Tides Film No.3

    Hamburg sits where the River Elbe meets the sea — and a new district has risen directly in the flood zone. Future Tides is a documentary series from the Holcim Foundation following the cities and city makers reinventing themselves in the face of climate change. Film 3 travels to Hamburg.

  • How Rotterdam is Redesigning for Water

    Future Tides No.1 is a 5-minute film exploring how Rotterdam is turning flood risk into a model for climate-resilient urban design.

  • Përparim Rama, Mayor of Pristina

    In this 15-minute CityMakers Voices conversation, Mayor Përparim Rama reflects on architecture, politics and how cities can empower people.

  • CityMakers Voices No.1 — Përparim Rama

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

  • CityMakers Voices No.1 — Përparim Rama

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

  • Board of the Holcim Foundation

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

  • Holcim Foundation Forum 2025

    A curated group of 120 architects, engineers, scientists, and climate leaders gathered in Venice for the Holcim Foundation Forum 2025 to explore global strategies for flood resilience.

  • Emerging ChangeMakers (ECM) Retreat 2025

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

  • Holcim Foundation Awards 2025

    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.

  • Awards 2025 Prize Announcement – Art-Tek Tulltorja

    Presenting the Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 Grand Prize for Europe – Art-Tek Tulltorja in Kosovo.

  • Awards 2025 Prize Announcement – Moakley Park

    Presenting the Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 Grand Prize for North America – Moakley Park in the United States.

  • Aftermovie | Designing Incentives for Change

    Experience how Brussels became a living laboratory for change, as Fellows worked with experts and policymakers to craft real-world incentives linking design, finance, and culture toward a circular built environment.

  • Aftermovie | Innovating Tomorrow’s Resilience

    Relive two weeks of learning in motion: studio work, site encounters across London, and public discussion at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

  • Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 Jury for Europe

    During their meeting in Lyon, the Holcim Foundation Awards jury for region Europe visited the Holcim Innovation Hub, where they toured the Phoenix Bridge designed by the Block Research Group at ETH Zurich and Zaha Hadid Architects’ Computation and Design Group — a pioneering example of circular and digital construction. The Phoenix Bridge, on display at the Innovation Hub, is a direct evolution of the Striatus Bridge, first presented at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale.

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