Competition announcement - Open for entries: Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

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Transmitem anuntul privind deschiderea penytru Holcim Awards for Sustaimable Construction.

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6 iulie 2010

Secretar Executiv
arh. Cornelia Burcus

Filiala Teritoriala Bucuresti a Ordinului Arhitectilor din Romania
str. Academiei nr. 18 - 20, sector 1
010014, Bucuresti, Romania
tel/fax: 021-3039226, 021-3077163
e-mail: oarbuc@rdsmail.ro
www.oar-bucuresti.ro
www.anuala.ro

Dear sirs

We would be very thankful if you could pass the call for construction
project submissions on to your members:

Developing new perspectives for the future
Open for entries: Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

Zurich/Switzerland, July 1, 2010 - The 3rd International Holcim Awards
competition for projects and visions in sustainable construction offers a
total of USD 2 million in prize money and is open to: sustainable building
and civil engineering works; landscape, urban design and infrastructure
projects; and materials, products and construction technologies. Entries
must be submitted online at http://www.holcimawards.org by March 23, 2011.

In addition to construction projects at an advanced stage of design, the
competition 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).

The Holcim Awards are comprised of five regional competitions in 2010/11
and the global phase in 2012. Juries include internationally renowned
architects and academics. A full list of jury members is available at:
http://www.holcimawards.org/jury

Submissions in both categories are evaluated using the "target issues" for
sustainable construction at http://www.holcimfoundation.org/target. For
step-by-step instructions on how to participate in the competition as well
as examples of former winning projects see: http://www.holcimawards.org

The Holcim Awards competition is supported by Holcim Ltd, one of the
world's leading suppliers of cement and aggregates as well as further
activities such as ready-mix concrete and asphalt including services.

Full text of competition announcement including additional information and
media contact attached (MS Word DOC).

=> read full text at http://www.holcimawards.org/open

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Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
Hagenholzstrasse 85 CH-8050 Zurich/Switzerland
Phone +41 58 858 82 92 Fax +41 58 858 82 99
info@holcimfoundation.org www.holcimfoundation.org