The Holcim Foundation Awards are the world’s most significant competition for sustainable design and construction — spotlighting projects that are reshaping the built environment and driving transformation across the construction sector.

Conducted by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, the competition serves as a global benchmark for excellence. Open to client-supported projects in development across five regions, entries are independently evaluated by leading architects, engineers, and urbanists against the Foundation’s four goals — Healthy Planet, Thriving Communities, Uplifting Places, and Viable Economics — and its guiding principles of Holistic, Transformational, and Transferable design.

Since 2003, the Holcim Foundation has been a pioneer in advancing low-carbon, circular, and nature-positive approaches that strengthen communities and chart a credible path forward for the building industry. Now in its 8th cycle, the Awards continue to champion the innovators redefining sustainable construction worldwide.

The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction has announced twenty winning projects for the 2025 Holcim Foundation Awards, spanning Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, and North America with a prize pool of USD 1 million.

All winners will be showcased at a prestigious event in Venice on November 20, 2025, which will be streamed globally. 

The Holcim Foundation Awards recognise and promote projects that unite sustainable design and construction with architectural excellence — showcasing the ideas and built solutions shaping a more resilient and regenerative future.

Established in 2004 by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, the global competition celebrates leading-edge innovation across all scales, from small community initiatives to major urban regeneration projects.

Now in its 8th cycle, the Holcim Foundation Awards have conferred more than 340 prizes worldwide, including 20 winning projects in the 2025 edition — exemplifying the global momentum toward low-carbon, circular, and nature-positive design.

The winners of the Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 underscore the breadth of diverse and innovative real-world approaches transforming the built environment. The projects exemplify the growing global effort to deliver holistic design and construction responses that advance multiple dimensions of sustainable development.

Projects listed in alphabetical order by location.

The reach of the Holcim Foundation 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.