The LafargeHolcim Foundation seeks projects by professionals as well as ideas from the Next Generation that combine architecture with sustainable construction solutions. Entries in the 6th International LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction are open until February 25, 2020.
Former Awards winners for North America on stage, Courtesy of the LafargeHolcim Foundation
The Awards offer a total of $2 million USD in prize money and foreground projects and concepts from architecture, engineering, urban planning, materials science, construction technology, and related fields.
The competition additionally takes place across five geographic regions ? each with its own jury of renowned and independent specialists.
The regional juries are headed by Jeannette Kuo, Karamuk Kuo Architects, Switzerland (Europe), Reed Kroloff, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA (North America), Loreta Castro Reguera, Taller Capital, Mexico (Latin America), Mariam Kamara, atelier mas?m?, Niger (Middle East Africa) and Nirmal Kishnani, National University of Singapore (Asia Pacific). The main category of the competition is open to architects, planners, engineers, project owners, builders and construction firms showcasing sustainable responses within contemporary building and construction.
Projects must have reached an advanced stage of design, have a high probability of execution, and may not have started construction before January 1, 2019.
In addition, students and young professionals (aged 30 ...