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In 2008, the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction conducted the USD 1.35 million regional phase of the 2nd Holcim Awards competition. Almost 5,000 projects from authors in 90 countries were submitted in the competition which aims to promote sustainable responses from the building and construction industry to technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues.
Click on the links below for results, information on the winning projects, and images of the projects and ceremony from each of the regional Holcim Awards 2008 ceremonies:
 Europe
September 25/26, 2008 – Madrid
North America
October 16/17, 2008 – Montreal
Latin America
October 23/24, 2008 – Mexico City
Africa Middle East
November 15/16 – Marrakech
Asia Pacific
November 27/28 – New Delhi
The 15 winners of the gold, silver and bronze prize
in each of the five regions automatically qualify for the global phase
of the competition where a total of USD 650,000 in additional prize
money is on offer. The global Holcim Awards finalists include projects
from Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Hungary, India, Morocco,
Slovenia, Switzerland, UAE, Uganda, USA, and Vietnam, and involve
additional project teams from Japan and Spain. An overview of each
project is available at:
Global Holcim Awards 2009
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