The LafargeHolcim Awards is the most significant global competition in sustainable design. Organized by the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, the competition identifies the ideas with the highest potential to tackle today’s challenges to increasing urbanization and to improve quality of life.
The competition is now open for registration until March 21, 2017 at 14:00hrs (UTC). The competition is open for projects in architecture, building and civil engineering, landscape and urban design, materials, products and construction technologies that contribute to the five “target issues” for sustainable construction. The competition has two categories with different requirements:
LafargeHolcim Awards (main category)
Next Generation (young professionals and students category)
Evaluation process
The juries consist of independent, renowned representatives from science, business and society. They evaluate entries against the “target issues” for sustainable construction.
The total prize money for each cycle of the LafargeHolcim Awards competition (regional and global levels) is USD 2 million.