Enter your sustainable design projects,

win a share of USD $1M

Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 - now open! Calling for sustainable design and construction projects to be recognized from a global prize pool of USD $1M, split between 20 winning entries.

Winners will be honored at a prestigious Awards Ceremony at the Holcim Foundation’s Venice Forum event on November 20, 2025. Representatives of the winning teams will be invited to the Venice ceremony, with travel and accommodation expenses covered.

Sustainable Design’s

Most Significant Prize

UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios by Johnston Marklee, USA - Winner 2017

BIG U by Bjarke Ingels Group - Winner 2015

The Holcim Foundation Awards competition was created in 2004. Over 20 years, it has committed over USD 20M to spotlighting sustainable design projects.

The legacy of the Awards is impressive. Past winners include New York’s BIG U by Bjarke Ingels Group and One Architecture. Pritzker Prize-Winner Diébédo Francis Kéré received a Holcim Foundation Award early in his career, in 2012, for the Secondary School in Gando, Burkina Faso.

The Awards have been a catalyst in elevating the work of practices - both small and large - pioneering in their fields. The competition has also long-spotlighted projects struggling to get the attention they deserve in developing regions. 

How to Enter

Online Entry - Free to Enter

Deadline: February 11, 2025

Eligibility: projects must be client-supported and at the late design phase or already under construction, provided construction is not completed before February 11, 2025.

Entry requirements include a project sustainability summary, details on the project author/team, images, and technical drawings.

You can learn more about the Awards online at: awards.holcimfoundation.org