Holcim Foundation Awards 2025

Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 is now open for entries!

Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 : Holcim Foundation Awards 2025, the world’s most significant competition for sustainable design is now accepting submissions, open to client-supported and commissioned projects in the detailed design phase that are yet to be realized.

➜ Short description

Holcim Foundation Awards, the world’s most significant competition for sustainable design is now accepting submissions for 2025.

The Swiss-based Holcim Foundation seeks commissioned projects of all scales in the late-stage design phase.

The competition is open to client-supported projects of all scales at the detailed design phase that have yet to be realized. Projects already under construction are eligible, provided construction is not completed before February 11, 2025.

Breakthrough ideas and solutions are needed to accelerate the construction industry’s transformation at speed and scale. These innovative solutions must be transferable to the entire sector to drive further impact. Furthermore, all sustainable building and infrastructure projects must address four interdependent goals with equal conviction:

➜ Healthy Planet: Structures that minimize resource use, avoid emissions, and embed solutions to repair ecosystems and restore biodiversity
➜ Viable Economics: Financial planning that combines short term project feasibility with long term circular value creation
➜ Thriving Communities: Inclusive and affordable living environments that cultivate equity, health and well-being
➜ Uplifting Places: Beautiful and spatially relevant structures that work in unison with the local context and culture

Expert juries evaluate submissions and nominate the winners in five geographic regions. Juries comprise architects, engineers and urban planners and evaluate entries through the Foundation’s goals for sustainable construction - uplifting places, a healthy planet, thriving communities, and viable economics.

Jury chairs are world leading architects: Sou Fujimoto will chair the Asia Pacific jury, Kjetil Thorsen will preside over Europe, Sandra Barclay will lead Latin America, Lina Ghotmeh will chair the Middle East and Africa jury, and Jeanne Gang will lead the North American jury.

The Awards Ceremony will take a place at the Foundation’s Venice Forum event on November 20, 2025.

➜ Prize:

The competition offers total prize money of USD 1 million with USD 200,000 allocated to each of five regions: Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and North America.

Within each region, the Jury will select four (4) winning projects to receive USD 40,000 each. Winning projects will exemplify best practice and diverse innovative approaches to regional challenges relating to sustainable design and construction.

In addition, the Jury will select one of the four winners to receive a special recognition prize of an additional USD 40,000.

Representatives of each winning team will be invited to a Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 prize event to be held in Venice, Italy on November 20, 2025. Travel and accommodation expenses for team representatives are covered by the Holcim Foundation.