PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk - Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

Entries in the second Holcim Awards competition to promote sustainable construction worldwide will close on February 29, 2008 (14:00hrs GMT) at www.holcimawards.org.

The prize money for the five regional competitions and the global awards totals USD two million. The Awards are an initiative of the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation to encourage and inspire a built environment that goes beyond convention to address the challenges of sustainability.

The global competition showcases sustainable responses to technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues affecting contemporary building and construction. The Awards are open to anyone involved with projects in the area of sustainable construction – architects, planners, engineers, or project owners.

The Holcim Awards are held in partnership with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA; Tongji University (TJU), Shanghai, China; the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), Mexico City, Mexico; and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa. The universities define the evaluation criteria of the competition and lead the independent juries.

The juries will be headed by internationally renowned architects and academics: Harry Gugger, architect and author, Switzerland (region of Europe), Adèle Naude Santos, Dean of Architecture, MIT, USA (North America), José Luis Cortés, Dean of Architecture, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico (Latin America), Joe Addo, architect, Ghana (Africa Middle East), and Ashok Lall, architect, India (Asia Pacific). Charles Correa, architect, India, will chair the jury of the global Holcim Awards competition.

For more information including a detailed step-by-step guide to entering the competition, please visit: www.holcimawards.org.