The Holcim Awards competition was created in 2004 by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction to identify and celebrate shining examples of leading-edge thinking from across the building industry. 

Since its launch, seven Awards cycles have been completed with over 340 prizes conferred - recognizing 20 further projects in the Holcim Awards 2023. With a total prize pool of USD 1 million, the Holcim Awards competition was revised in 2023 to focus on projects at a late design stage that are client-supported and commissioned for real-world execution.

Holcim Awards 2023 Gold winners

The winners of the Holcim Awards for 2023 underscore the breadth of diverse and innovative real-world approaches to transforming the built environment. The projects exemplify the growing global effort to provide holistic design and construction responses that advance multiple aspects of sustainable development.

The reach of the Holcim Awards competition is truly global. The competition and winning projects inspire us all to continue advocating for the rapid deployment of existing solutions that will contribute to a future where both humanity and our ecosystems can regenerate and thrive.

The 20 winning projects of the Holcim Awards 2023 each successfully represent highly contextual and practicable approaches to sustainable construction: across diverse scales, budgets, geographies, and forms. Moreover, having evolved the competition criteria this year to focus on commissioned projects at the late design stage, the winning projects exemplify how it is possible - in this decisive decade to advance sustainable development - to pursue and deliver the application of innovative design and construction practices that provide a holistic response to meeting human development goals and regenerating natural systems.

Use the map below to explore the regional themes addressed by our most recent Holcim Awards winners: