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LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction 2020

LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction 2020

9 Sep 2019

LafargeHolcim Awards News

Jeannette Kuo to head LafargeHolcim Awards jury for Europe in 2020

The world’s most significant competition for sustainable design

Zurich, Switzerland, September, 2019 – A jury of nine experts headed by Jeannette Kuo, Founding Partner of Karamuk Kuo Architects (Switzerland), will evaluate entries in the 6th International LafargeHolcim Awards for the region of Europe. The Awards seek real projects as well as bold ideas that combine sustainable construction solutions with architectural excellence. The competition offers a total of USD 2 million in prize money and is open for entries until February 25, 2020.

In Europe, the jury includes Jeannette Kuo (Head), as well as Kristiaan Borret, Chief Architect of the Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium); Nuno Brandão Costa, Founder of Brandão Costa Arquitectos (Portugal); Eva Pfannes, Director at Ooze Architects (Netherlands); Sergei Tchoban, Head of SPEECH architectural office and Managing Partner at Tchoban Voss Architekten (Russia/Germany); and Alexandre Theriot, Founding Partner and Architect at BRUTHER (France/Switzerland).

The jury will be complemented by members of the Academic Committee of the LafargeHolcim Foundation Marilyne Andersen, Professor of Sustainable Construction Technologies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (Switzerland) and Dirk Hebel, Professor of Sustainable Construction, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany), together with Christophe Levy, Director of R&D Construction Solutions, representing the LafargeHolcim Innovation Center (France).

The Awards competition is open for entries until February 25, 2020 and recognizes projects and concepts from architecture, engineering, urban planning, materials science, construction technology, and related fields. A comprehensive “Step-by-step” guide explains the evaluation criteria and illustrates how to enter the competition at www.lafargeholcim-awards.org

7 June 2019

LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction open for entries

Zurich, Switzerland – June 2019 – International LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction open for entries

Call for exemplary construction projects, visionary design concepts

The LafargeHolcim Awards seeks leading projects of professionals as well as bold ideas from the Next Generation that combine sustainable construction solutions with architectural excellence. The 6^th cycle of the international competition is open for entries until February 25, 2020. The Awards offers a total of USD 2 million in prize money and foregrounds projects and concepts from architecture, engineering, urban planning, materials and construction technology, and related fields.

“The LafargeHolcim Awards offers the chance to ask the right questions about tomorrow’s construction – and to share the answers with a global audience.”
Marilyne Andersen, Professor of Sustainable Construction Technologies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL Lausanne)

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Submissions in the LafargeHolcim Awards main category include sustainable construction projects at an advanced stage of design, with a high probability of realization. Construction/fabrication must not have started before January 1, 2019.

The Awards Next Generation category seeks visionary design concepts and bold ideas at a preliminary stage of design, including design studio and research work. To participate in this category, authors may not be older than 30 years. Students and young professionals are welcome to enter the Awards main category with projects that have reached an advanced stage of design.

“The LafargeHolcim Awards highlights each project’s contribution to solve a collective need and thus transform it into a collective desire.”
Alejandro Aravena, Partner Architect, Elemental, Chile

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Independent expert juries in five geographic regions of the world evaluate submissions using the comprehensive “target issues” for sustainable construction of the LafargeHolcim Foundation. The criteria cover innovation and transferability; ethical standards and social inclusion; resource and environmental performance; economic viability and compatibility; and contextual and aesthetic impact.

The design competition promotes circular thinking and the reduction of CO₂ emissions across all disciplines. It identifies the ideas with the highest potential to tackle today’s challenges to increasing urbanization and to improve quality of life.

Submitting entries in the competition is free and must be made in English using a web-based form to provide information on authorship, a project summary, technical details, as well as project images and/or illustrations. A “Step-by-step” guide explains the process in detail and shows how to prepare an entry at www.lafargeholcim-awards.org

Since 2003, the LafargeHolcim Foundation advances the discourse on sustainable construction mainly through its Awards, the world’s most significant competition for sustainable design. The Foundation is an initiative of LafargeHolcim, the global leader in building materials and solutions.

“The LafargeHolcim Awards gives the project authors credibility and publicity; people begin to believe in them and that really helps them build career momentum.”
Brinda Somaya, Principal Architect, Somaya & Kalappa Consultants, India

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Useful Links

Access the Awards entry form: lafargeholcim-awards.org/enter
Download Step-by-step guide on how to enter a project: lafargeholcim-awards.org/guide

Questions related to the Awards competition: helpdesk@lafargeholcim-awards.org
Details on the “target issues” for sustainable construction: lafargeholcim-awards.org/target
Browse through more than 250 previous LafargeHolcim Awards prize winning projects at: lafargeholcim-foundation.org/projects

www.lafargeholcim-foundation.org

LafargeHolcim Awards for Europe information received 060619

Previously on e-architect:

LafargeHolcim Awards for Europe

LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 for Europe Winners News

LafargeHolcim Awards for Europe

LafargeHolcim Next Generation Awards Lab

Workshops at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City
LafargeHolcim Next Generation Awards Lab

LafargeHolcim Awards Competition Design

Skystation in New York / kayak architects for LafargeHolcim Awards Competition, 2017

image from International Holcim Awards
LafargeHolcim Awards Competition