Partnerships at Holcim are strategic collaborations across the building value chain to accelerate the shift to sustainable construction
We partner with architects, engineers, developers, startups, urban planners and more to deploy the most innovative and sustainable building solutions to build the cities of the future.
Our primary innovation platforms include Holcim MAQER Ventures - our corporate venture capital and open innovation unit – and the Holcim Innovation Hub.
What are some of Holcim’s key recent partnerships?
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Partnering on Building Icons
At Holcim, we are Building Icons in cities worldwide. Iconic projects built by iconic people, they showcase our circular, resilient, low-carbon, energy-efficient and smart solutions.
Partnering on innovation
Holcim MAQER
We partner with leading startups in the construction sector through Holcim MAQER Ventures, Holcim’s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit.
Read more about Holcim MAQER Ventures
Holcim Innovation Hub
The Holcim Innovation Hub is a co-creation lab to accelerate sustainable, circular, nature-positive and resilient, energy-efficient and smart building worldwide.
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Holcim partners with industry-leading architects, engineers, and designers, such as Alejandro Aravena’s ELEMENTAL, Zaha Hadid Architects, and the Norman Foster Foundation.
These collaborations deliver groundbreaking projects like our new biochar technology that transforms buildings into carbon sinks, a pioneering innovation for low-carbon construction.
This was the fruit of a collaboration with the architect Alejandro Aravena and his firm ELEMENTAL, and we presented it in Venice during the 2025 Architecture biennale.
As we accelerate the shift to sustainable construction, Holcim can’t do it alone. This is why we value strategic collaborations across the building value chain.
We engage with architects, engineers, developers, startups, urban planners and more to deploy the most innovative and sustainable building solutions to build the cities of the future.
Startups are innovation catalysts. Through Holcim MAQER Ventures and the Holcim Innovation Hub, we invest in and co-create with startups, to develop and scale cutting-edge solutions for a more sustainable built environment.
