State of affair	The 3rd Holcim Awards competition cycle was open for entries until March 23, 2011, 14 hrs GMT. The competition celebrates innovative, future-oriented and tangible sustainable construction projects and visions from around the globe and provides prize money of USD 2 million per three-year competition cycle. Currently take place the regional ceremonies in 5 regions. www.holcimawards.org.
Schedule	Competition opens July 1, 2010, 14:00 hrs GMT Competition closes March 23, 2011, 14:00 hrs GMT Regional jury meetings June/July, 2011 Regional ceremonies September to November 2011 Meeting of global jury March, 2012 Global Holcim Awards hand-over events from May, 2012 For more information on the schedule of the 3rd Holcim Awards competition follow the link: Schedule
Promoter	The Holcim Awards is an initiative of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction based in Switzerland. The competitions aim to encourage and inspire a built environment that goes beyond convention to address the challenges of sustainability. The Holcim Awards competitions are conducted in cooperation with: ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland; MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA; TJU - Tongji University in Shanghai, China; UIA - Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico; EAC - Ecole Supérieure d’Architecture de Casablanca, Morocco; USP - Universidad de São Paulo, Brazil; and Wits - University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Organization	The Holcim Awards competition is comprised of five regional Holcim Awards and a global Holcim Award. The regional Holcim Awards are based on five geographic regions: Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa Middle East and Asia Pacific. The award-winning regional entries qualify for the global Holcim Award.
Prizes	The total prize money for each cycle of the regional and global Holcim Awards competitions is USD 2 million.
Eligibility	Holcim Awards (main) and “Next Generation” (student) categories The main category of the competition is open to architects, planners, engineers, project owners, builders and construction firms that showcase sustainable responses to technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues with contemporary building and construction. Projects are eligible for the competition if they have reached an advanced stage of design. Construction (or commercial production in the case of materials, products and construction technologies) must not have started before July 1, 2010. In addition, the Holcim Awards seeks visions and ideas for the “Next Generation” category, open to student projects created within university programs at final year bachelor level or above (including master’s and PhD). All authors must be at least 18 years of age on March 23, 2011.
Awarded projects of the 3rd cycle	Overview regional Holcim Awards 2011
Awarded projects of the 1st and 2nd cycle	Overview regional Holcim Awards 2005 Overview global Holcim Awards 2006 Overview regional Holcim Awards 2008 Overview global Holcim Awards 2009