LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

Awarded for	Projects and visions in sustainable construction
Country	International
Presented by	LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
Reward	Total USD 2 million
First awarded	2005
Official website	www.lafargeholcim-awards.org

The LafargeHolcim Awards is an international competition that seeks projects and visions in sustainable construction – irrespective of scale. A total of USD 2 million in prize money is awarded in each three-year cycle.^[1] Eligible for entry are projects in: buildings and civil engineering works; landscape, urban design and infrastructure; and materials, products and construction technologies. The LafargeHolcim Awards is conducted by the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction based in Switzerland.^[2] Entries can only be made online.^[3]

The competition was known as the Holcim Awards from 2003. Holcim Ltd and Lafarge S.A. completed their global merger and launched LafargeHolcim, a world leader in the building materials industry, in July 2015. The name of the foundation was changed to LafargeHolcim Foundation, and the competition became the LafargeHolcim Awards.^[4]

Regional and global phase

The LafargeHolcim Awards competition opens with five regional LafargeHolcim Awards competitions and is followed by the Global LafargeHolcim Awards. The regional LafargeHolcim Awards are based on five geographic areas: Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Entries in the competition are allocated to a region based on the location of the project.

LafargeHolcim Awards (main) and “Next Generation” (student) categories

There are two categories within the competition:^[5]^[6] The main category of the competition is open to architects, planners, engineers, and project owners that showcase sustainable responses to technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues affective contemporary building and construction. The fifteen projects that receive LafargeHolcim Awards Gold, Silver or Bronze in the five regions are then qualified for the competition for the Global LafargeHolcim Awards.^[7] The “Next Generation” category is open to project visions of students in between the age of 18 and 30.

Evaluation criteria

Submissions in both categories are evaluated by independent juries, using five “target issues” to define sustainable construction.^[8] Three of these align with the triple bottom line concept concept of balanced social, environmental and economic performance. The rest cover contextual and aesthetic impact, and innovation and transferability.

Juries

The juries consist of independent, renowned representatives from science, business and society.^[9] The regional juries are supported by the respective "partner University". Retrieved 8 April 2014. and the global jury is supported by the Academic Committee of the LafargeHolcim Foundation.

Prizes

The total prize money for each cycle of the regional and global LafargeHolcim Awards competitions is USD 2 million.^[10]

Global award winners

Source: LafargeHolcim Foundation

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015	UVA de La Imaginación water reservoirs, Medellin, Colombia	Community Library, Ambepussa, Sri Lanka	The Dryline (Big U) flood protection, New York City, USA
2012	Secondary school, Gando village, Burkina Faso	Fábrica de Música public building, Grotão, São Paolo, Brazil	Fussbad swimming pool, Berlin, Germany
2009	River remediation and urban development scheme, Fez, Morocco	Greenfield university campus, Mekong Delta, Vietnam	Rural community, Beijing, China
2006	Main Station, Stuttgart, Germany and Urban Integration Project, San Rafael-Unido, Caracas, Venezuela	Waterpower, Mulini Valley, Italy	Greening the Infrastructure at Benny Farm, Montreal, Canada

References

↑ "Holcim Awards Schedule". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
↑ "Holcim Foundation". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
↑ "The 4th Edition of the Holcim Awards Now Open for Entries". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
↑ "The initiatives of the LafargeHolcim Foundation". LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. LafargeHolcim Foundation. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
↑ "Holcim Awards Categories". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
↑ "Awards Categories featured in Bustler.net". Retrieved 20 September 2010.
↑ "Global Holcim Awards winners 2012". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
↑ "Target issues for sustainable construction". Retrieved 17 September 2010.
↑ "Holcim Awards Juries". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
↑ "Prizes and schedule". Retrieved 25 October 2013.

Sources

Wentz, Daniel (2005). Community center in South Africa. Stäubli Verlag AG, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-7266-0082-2.
Schwarz, Edward; Leutenegger, Marius; Siress, Cary (2006). Holcim Awards 2005/2006. Stäubli Verlag AG, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-7266-0076-1.
Schwarz, Edward; Wentz, Daniel (2006). Office building in Costa Rica. Stäubli Verlag AG, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-7266-0075-4.
Wentz, Daniel (2007). Research center in Switzerland. Stäubli Verlag AG, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-7266-0079-2.
Wentz, Daniel (2008). Office building in India. Stäubli Verlag AG, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-7266-0083-9.
Schwarz, Edward; Leutenegger, Marius; Jones, Kevin (2009). Holcim Awards 2008/2009. Stäubli Verlag AG, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-7266-0084-6.
Wentz, Daniel (2009). Clothing factory in Sri Lanka. Stäubli Verlag AG, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-7266-0086-0.
Wentz, Daniel (2010). IUCN Conservation Centre in Gland, Switzerland. Stäubli Verlag AG, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-7266-0088-4.

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