May 13, 2005—In a competition launched in November 2004 mainly in architecture and building trade magazines, the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction invited architects, engineers and other specialists in the construction industry to submit innovative projects that meet the challenges of sustainable construction.
Within five months, 1,500 projects from 118 countries were submitted to a dedicated Website, says the foundation. The award ceremony for North America will take place on September 29 and 30, 2005 in Boston, Massachusetts. The foundation will award three main prizes, three recognition awards, and encouragement prizes in each of five geographic regions worldwide.
More than 90 percent of the submitted projects passed the formal check, leaving the expert juries a total of 1,360 projects to evaluate. The competition is carried out in four languages.
The Holcim Awards recognize any contribution to sustainable construction—regardless of scale—in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, civil and mechanical engineering, and related disciplines. When submitted, projects must be in an advanced design stage though prior to construction.
For more information, visit the Holcim Web site.
