Holcim Awards: No pearl of sustainable construction left undiscovered
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The Holcim Awards jury for region Africa Middle East met in Beirut, Lebanon in June 2014 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Marc Angélil, Javier de Benito, Daniel Kebera Irurah, Hansjürg Leibundgut, Howayda Al-Harithy (Head of Jury), Diébédo Francis Kéré, and Amer Moustafa.
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The presentation on the Holcim Awards at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane featured a panel discussion to place sustainability in the Australian context. The panel (from left): Maria Atkinson, Founding CEO, Green Building Council of Australia and Member of the Boar d of the Holcim Foundation; Felicity Briody, Infrastructure Advisory Consultant, AECOM; Tony Fry, Professor of Design Futures, Griffith University; Mark Thomson, Chairman, Australia Green Development Forum; and Nirmal Kishnani, Assistant Dean of Architecture at the School of Design and Environment at the National University of Singapore.
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Experts from all continents at the inaugural Holcim Roundtable (l-r, front): John Ochsendor f (USA), Marc Angélil (Switzerland), Shrashtant Patara (India), Guillaume Habert (France/Switzerland), Annette Aumann (Switzerland), Xuemei Bai (Australia), Anna Heringer (Austria), John Fernandez (USA) and (l-r, back): Jens Diebold (Switzerland), Michael Braungart (Germany), Maarten Gielen (Belgium), Werner Sobek (Germany), Mark Swilling (South Africa), Alejandro Aravena (Chile), Vivian Loftness (USA), Laila Seewang (Switzerland), Philippe Block (Switzerland), and Mark Jarzombek (USA).
Foundations 16, the magazine of the Holcim Foundation, is dedicated to providing a glimpse behind the scenes of the 4th International Holcim Awards competition: promotion, project entry, jury evaluation, and prize hand-overs. It is an exciting prelude to the announcement of Holcim Awards winners for 2014 which will take place at five regional events from September to November – and in real time on the Holcim Foundation website.
Last updated: August 13, 2014 Zurich, Switzerland
Foundations 16, the magazine of the Holcim Foundation, is dedicated to providing a glimpse behind the scenes of the 4th International Holcim Awards competition: promotion, project entry, jury evaluation, and prize hand-overs. It is an exciting prelude to the announcement of Holcim Awards winners for 2014 which will take place at five regional events from September to November – and in real time on the Holcim Foundation website.
Foundations 16 looks at the entry and adjudication process of the 4th International Holcim Awards. With a wide range of promotional events and the support of Holcim Group companies, the number of entries reached a new record: by the close of entries 6,105 projects had been submitted in the competition.
At meetings of renowned jury members in five regions of the world specialists studied a total of 2,514 formally correct entries to select the prize winners. The independent experts from architecture, engineering, and urban design, work in a highly professional manner to ensure the most regarded projects and visions are detected and no pearl of sustainable construction is left undiscovered.
The winner verification process led by the Academic Committee of the Holcim Foundation, which is located at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), and the preparations for the Holcim Awards ceremonies are well on the way. The winning projects will be announced and celebrated by region at five Holcim Awards ceremonies in Moscow, Toronto, Medellín, Beirut and Jakarta.
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4th Holcim Awards competition
Over 6,000 competition entries highlight global importance of sustainable construction
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